The five points are based on the Olympic Charter, Article 1, which advocates "universal fundamental ethical principles", and invite China to end the death penalty and torture, stop repression, and follow international human rights standards internally and externally.
As the National People's Congress opens in Beijing on March 5, McMillan-Scott will launch the initiative at the conference at which leading dissidents, democracy and civil society activists will talk about their personal experience of authoritarian rule and the anti-democratic backlash in their respective countries:
"The worldwide reaction against reform epitomised by the weekend election of Dmitri Medvedev as Russia's President, the growing influence of China internationally and the repressive policies being pursued by an increasing number of regimes on all continents demand a response.
"The growing backlash against democracy is especially notable from newly assertive authoritarian states like Russia, China, and Iran. While they continue to employ standard repressive measures, including the harassment and imprisonment of activists, such regimes are becoming more proactive and sophisticated in their techniques" says McMillan-Scott.