China's progress on human rights promotion was applauded by a number of senior diplomats and leaders of international organizations, who joined some 800 viewers at the opening of a photo exhibition on the subject.

For a Better Life of the People showcases China's progress and achievements in human rights promotion in recent years. The exhibition opened on Monday in the Palais des Nations, the UN headquarters in Geneva.

"I am able to visit China every year, and I'm pleased and honored to have such an opportunity to see the progress being made there in human rights of its people," Ambassador William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Organization for Migration, told Xinhua News Agency.