Editor's Note: As the world confronts inequality, conflict, technological disruption and sustainable development challenges, the relationship between development and human rights is drawing renewed global attention. What does the right to development mean 40 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development? Can development provide a stronger foundation for advancing human rights in an increasingly complex world? In this edition of The Hub, Wang Guan is joined by Han Hua, co-founder and secretary-general of the Beijing Club for International Dialogue; Zha Daojiong, professor at the School of International Studies, Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development at Peking University; and David Blair, vice-president of the Center for China and Globalization. As Beijing hosts the 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, they explore the significance of the right to development in today's global context and discuss why development remains central to many human rights challenges.