STORY: China delivers good performance in UN periodic review of human rights: ambassador
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 23-26, 2024 & file
DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:07
LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN XU, Permanent representative of China to the UN office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland
3. various of China

STORYLINE:

China has delivered good performance in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) conducted by the United Nations Human Rights Council, China's top diplomat in Geneva Chen Xu told Xinhua on Friday.
   
Chen's remarks came after the UPR Working Group adopted the recommendations made to China, whose achievements in human rights won international acclaim at its fourth review earlier this week.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN XU, Permanent representative of China to the UN office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland
"In recent years, China has made great achievements in safeguarding human rights.
First, adhering to the people-centered development philosophy, China has realized its first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and secured a historic success in eradicating absolute poverty.
Second, Adhering to the development of whole-process people's democracy, China implements democratic elections, consultation, decision-making, management and oversight in accordance with the law.
Third, China is committed to improving people's livelihoods while pursuing high-quality development to ensure that more benefits of national development will reach all its people more fairly.
Fourth, China continues to safeguard human rights in accordance with the law.
Fifth, China believes that lucid water and lush mountains are invaluable assets. Over the past decade, China's sky has become bluer, mountains lusher and water clearer, and China is a country with the fastest improvement in air quality, the largest-scale utilization of renewable energy and the largest growth in forest resources in the world.
Sixth, China also emphasizes the equality of all ethnic groups, and all the 56 ethnic groups coexist in unity, working together and prospering together. 
Seventhly, China is dedicated to safeguarding the rights of specific groups, implementing the basic national policy of gender equality, formulating and implementing four consecutive cycles of outlines for children's development. China is steadily advancing an elderly-friendly society and promoting the cause for people with disabilities.
Eighthly, China actively leads global human rights governance, putting forward the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. China advocates safeguarding human rights through security, promoting them through development and advancing them through cooperation."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Geneva, Switzerland.
(XHTV)