The Right to Development: China's Philosophy, Practice and Contribution
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China's State Council Information Office on Thursday issued a white paper on the right to development, detailing the country's philosophy, practice and contribution in this regard.

Following is the full text of the document.

The Right to Development: China's Philosophy, Practice and Contribution

The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

December 2016

First Edition 2016

Contents

Preamble 1

I. The Philosophy of the Right to Development Abreast with the Times 3

II. The System Ensuring the People's Right to Development 9

III. Effectively Realizing Economic Development 18

IV. Enhancing Political Development 23

V. Promoting Cultural Progress 29

VI. Promoting Social Development 33

VII. Accelerating Environment-Friendly Development 39

VIII. Promoting Common Development 43

Conclusion 48

Preamble

Development is a universal human theme, providing for people's basic needs and giving them hope of better life. The right to development is an inalienable human right, symbolizing dignity and honor. Only through development can we address global challenges; only through development can we protect basic civil rights of the people; only through development can we promote the progress of human society.

China, with a population of over 1.3 billion, is the largest developing country in the world. Development is the top priority of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in governance and national revitalization, and the key to resolving all other problems. Based on its prevailing conditions, China adheres to the Chinese socialist path and to the philosophy that development is of paramount importance. China integrates the principle of universal application of human rights with the country's reality. While striving to enhance the people's wellbeing through development and materialize their right to development, China endeavors to achieve higher-level development by protecting their right to development. In this regard, China has made notable progress and blazed a path in protecting human rights during the development of human civilization.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as its core has highlighted the idea of people-centered development. In the course of realizing the Two Centenary Goals [Note: The two goals are to complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects by the centenary of the CPC (founded in 1921) and to build China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, and harmonious by the centenary of the People's Republic of China (founded in 1949).] and the Chinese Dream of revitalizing the Chinese nation, it has focused on safeguarding and improving people's wellbeing, advancing all social programs, and protecting people's rights to equal participation and development. The aim is to share development benefits and achieve common prosperity among all people of the country.

Author： 　　　Source：CRI　　　 Editor：Yang Fan