Article: China plays a more active role in international human rights cause

China plays a more active role in international human rights cause

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) -- China and Australia approved the Human Rights Joint Technical Cooperation Program for 2005 to 2006 here Monday, and expressed their wish to cooperate in such fields as poverty relief, teenagers' rights, democracy in communities and ethnic minority affairs.

Shen Guofang, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister, said at the event that China-Australia human rights dialogue has moved into " an in-depth, practical and dynamic track of development".

"The cooperation on the issue will not only help improve the human rights protection work in the two countries, but also enrich bilateral ties", Shen noted.

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