The international community speaks highly of China’s human rights development path and China’s historic achievements in human rights cause
Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, January 23. On January 23, China participated in the fourth round of national human rights reviews of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, led the Chinese government delegation to attend the meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Supreme People’s Court, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the National Health Commission, the State Administration of Religious Affairs, the State Council Information Office, the State Council Working Committee on Women and Children, the State Council Committee on Disabled Persons and other relevant units, as well as the Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hong Kong, Representatives of the Macao Special Administrative Region participated in the review.
Ambassador Chen Xu comprehensively introduced China’s human rights development path and great achievements during the review, emphasizing that China insists on respecting and protecting human rights as an important task of state governance, and has embarked on a human rights development path that conforms to the trend of the times and is suitable for its national conditions, and promotes China’s The cause of human rights has made historic achievements. China adheres to the people-centered approach and strives to let the people live a better life. It upholds the people’s dominant position and ensures that the people become the masters of the country, society and their own destiny. It insists on equal sharing of human rights and allows everyone to share the opportunity to make a difference in life. In the process of Chinese-style modernization, China adheres to the path of peaceful development, promotes the common values of all mankind, advocates protecting human rights with security, promoting human rights with development, and advancing human rights with cooperation, constantly writing new chapters in the development of human rights, and contributing to the world’s human rights cause. strength.
The Chinese delegation conducted constructive dialogue with representatives of various countries in an open and frank manner. The Hong Kong and Macao SAR governments also made statements and responded to issues involving Hong Kong and Macao. During the review, China announced 30 new measures to protect human rights, covering aspects such as improving people’s livelihood and well-being, strengthening legal protection of human rights, promoting international human rights cooperation, and supporting the work of the United Nations human rights mechanisms.
More than 120 countries have positively evaluated the progress of China’s human rights cause, fully recognized China’s unremitting efforts in promoting and protecting human rights, and appreciated China’s practice of people’s democracy throughout the process, the formulation and implementation of a national human rights action plan, the revision of the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests, and continuous improvement Social security and service system for persons with disabilities; believes that China’s human rights development path is in line with China’s national conditions and people’s aspirations, and provides a new option for countries, especially developing countries, to independently explore the path of human rights development; it is hoped that China will continue to hold international exchange activities in the field of human rights and promote various The two sides have built consensus to promote global human rights governance in a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction. After the review, warm applause broke out in the venue, and representatives from many countries congratulated the Chinese delegation.
National human rights reviews are an important platform for countries to conduct equal and candid exchanges on human rights issues within the framework of the United Nations, and to carry out constructive dialogue and cooperation. China participated in the first three rounds of reviews in 2009, 2013 and 2018.
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