A report recently released by the China Society for Human Rights Studies has highlighted China's latest progress in advancing the human rights cause.
The 2024 edition of the Annual Report on China's Human Rights provides a comprehensive overview of China's work in 2023 on advancing human rights development domestically and internationally, including analyses on aspects such as economic, social, and cultural rights; civil and political rights; the protection of rights for specific groups; and international cooperation on human rights.
The report also put a focus on the impact of digital technology on safeguarding human rights.
The report for the first time reviewed the development of national human rights education and training centers, and examined advancements in human rights research and academic systems in the new era.
The China Society for Human Rights Studies was founded in 1993. It has released reports on China's human rights annually since 2011.
China releases report on latest human rights development progress
Celebrations were held for a giant panda cub who turned six months old on Saturday at a Zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
The panda cub was born at Chongqing Zoo on June 28 to mother Haoqi. Zookeepers held a public event to mark the adorable cub's half-year milestone, which started as the cuddly cub tried out a slide that didn't seem very attractive to it. Then, the cub turned to play with a mushroom decoration in the venue which was made with crushed ice.
Zookeepers have also prepared carrots and apples for the cub to feast on.
"I think it's really adorable. I come from Shanghai. This is my first time seeing a panda, and I hope it stays healthy," said Hu Shan, a visitor.
Giant panda Haoqi gave birth to the female cub six months ago after she succeeded in mating with a male panda in the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Chengdu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province in late February.
The cub has been nursed by its mother Haoqi, with assistance from zookeepers. It is growing well, now weighing 12 kilograms.
The cub was Haoqi's second delivery. Born at the zoo in 2013, Haoqi gave birth to a pigeon pair of cubs in 2021 at the zoo. The zoo began to raise giant pandas in the 1960s and to breed giant panda cubs in the 1980s. So far, a total of 32 litters of giant pandas have been born at the zoo.
Chongqing Zoo holds celebrations for six-month-old giant panda cub
