The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is an important part of the International Bill of Rights. As countries around the world are at diverse development levels, different countries often focus on the different problems they face in realizing human rights, even though most countries share a consensus on the desirability of a universal principle of human rights.

The Chinese government attaches importance to the rights to subsistence and development, and has been making huge efforts to fulfill its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. There can be no doubt it has had great success.

China submitted its report on its actions to implement the covenant to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in late June and it is clear that it pays consistent attention to the covenant and strives to implement it effectively.