# China warns sidelining development undermines human rights

https://mins.news/en/item/124100

- CGTN, 2026-10-31 08:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-31/China-warns-sidelining-development-undermines-human-rights-1RGQFzRoRoI/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> China urged stronger international cooperation to advance the right to development and called on countries to place development at the center of the global agenda. At an event marking 40 years since the UN declaration, envoy Sun Lei proposed four measures, rejected unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, and cited funding and projects under China’s Global Development Initiative.