Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday that China has been seeking energy cooperation with other countries in a responsible way.

"China is a responsible country and China's energy cooperation with other countries has helped improve their standards of living, " Qin said when asked to comment on criticism that China rates oil above human rights in seeking energy cooperation.

He said China encouraged peace, cooperation and development on the international stage and its cooperation with other countries was based on the principle of mutual benefit.

"China will never follow the same disastrous road of the western colonists who bloodily plundered and violated human rights," Qin said.

Qin said China had played a positive role in promoting stability and peace in the Sudan.

"In addition to economic cooperation, China helps local people improve their lives and develop their economy. China also faithfully carries out U.N. resolutions and dispatched peacekeeping forces to Sudan."

Source: Xinhua