Highlights of National Human Rights Action Plan (2026-2030): Guaranteeing the rights and interests of specific groups

The National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2026-2030) was released on June 11 during the opening ceremony of the 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance. The plan aims to uphold respect for the people's principal position and safeguard their fundamental interests.

Chapter Four outlines measures to protect the rights and interests of ethnic minority groups, women, children, older people, and persons with disabilities. Here are some highlights from the plan:

1. Rights and Interests of Ethnic Minority Groups

– Promoting shared prosperity and development among all ethnic groups.

– Upholding and improving regional ethnic autonomy.

– Protecting the right to participate as equals in administering state and social affairs.

– Promoting the high-quality development of ethnic minority areas.

– Developing a high-quality education system in ethnic minority areas.

– Comprehensively promoting standard spoken and written Chinese.

– Bringing better public cultural services to ethnic minority areas.

2.Women's Rights and Interests

– Upholding the basic national policy of gender equality. China will further implement the Outline for the Development of Women in China (2021-2030).

– Improving the legal framework for protecting women's rights and interests.

– Safeguarding women's full and equal participation in state and social affairs.

– Protecting women's personal rights and personality rights and interests.

– Effectively protecting women's property rights and interests.

– Protecting women's equal right to education.

– Strengthening support for women seeking employment and starting businesses.

– Improving health services for women throughout all stages of life.

3.Children's Rights and Interests

– Adhering to the principle of acting in the best interests of children.

– Protecting minors' personality rights.

– Strengthening the protection of minors in cyberspace.

– Listening carefully to children's voices.

– Promoting universal, inclusive, safe, and high-quality preschool education.

– Enacting the Law on Childcare Services.

– Improving healthcare services for children.

– Comprehensively strengthening judicial protection and crime prevention and control in relation to minors.

4. Rights and Interests of the Elderly

– Further implementing the national strategy in response to population aging.

– Optimizing health services for the elderly.

– Optimizing the supply of basic eldercare services.

– Building an eldercare ecosystem integrating home-based, community-based and institutional care.

– Improving the quality and expanding the coverage of the age friendly and barrier-free retrofitting of public facilities.

– Offering more diverse and accessible educational, cultural and sports activities for the elderly.

– Supporting social participation of the elderly.

5. Rights of Persons with Disabilities

– Ensuring equal rights and interests for persons with disabilities.

– Improving social security for persons with disabilities.

– Ensuring the right of persons with disabilities to education.

– Promoting employment and entrepreneurship for persons with disabilities.

– Refining the service system for persons with disabilities.

– Enriching the intellectual and cultural lives of persons with disabilities.