China issues white paper on human rights

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China has abolished the system of reeducation through labor after more than 50 years of operation, and adopted multiple measures to curb the practice of extorting confessions by torture and prevent unjust, false and erroneous litigation, it noted.

China has continued to provide preferential policies for ethnic minorities, and made sure they can enjoy and exercise their rights according to law, the report said.

China has also accelerated the comprehensive development of various social, economic and human rights protection undertakings in regions inhabited by ethnic minorities, including the Xinjiang Uygur and Tibet autonomous regions.

Disabled people are in a better position to participate in social life as equals with their various rights well protected and an improved public service system in place, according to the report.

Striving to build "a beautiful China," the country has speeded up its ecological progress, increased financial input, strengthened environmental protection, punished environmental crimes, it said.

The Chinese government provided some 338.3 billion yuan in 2013 for conserving energy and protecting the environment, seeing a 14.2 percent year-on-year growth, according to the report.

"The pursuit of the improvement of human rights never ends, for there is always room for better human rights conditions," the white paper said.

"China is now reaching for a higher goal in its human rights undertaking," it said.

The report, however, noted that China is still a large developing country, with conspicuous problems of unbalanced, uncoordinated and unsustainable development.

Greater efforts are needed to bring higher standards to human rights protection.

The white paper is China's 11th report on human rights since the government began releasing such reports in 1991. The tenth report was released in 2013.