People’s happy life is the greatest human right.
Qiushi magazine editorial department
"Since the day of its birth, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made it his initial mission to seek happiness for the people of China and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation, and has been striving for the interests of the people for more than 100 years";
"After a long and arduous struggle, China has successfully embarked on a road of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its national conditions";
"We have continuously developed people’s democracy throughout the process, promoted the protection of human rights and the rule of law, and safeguarded social fairness and justice. The people of China enjoy broader, fuller and more comprehensive democratic rights. The human rights of the people of China have been guaranteed as never before. ".
On May 25, 2022, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bachelet, by video in Beijing. Combining the history and culture of China, he expounded in depth the major issues related to the development of human rights in China, and showed China’s principled position of devoting itself to safeguarding and guaranteeing human rights in all directions.
It is the common pursuit of human society for everyone to fully enjoy human rights; It is the unremitting pursuit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) people to respect and protect human rights. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has insisted on respecting and safeguarding human rights as an important task in governing the country. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has made a series of important expositions and major arrangements, which have promoted the historic achievements of China’s human rights cause and made great contributions to the development of the world’s human rights cause. On February 25th, 2022, the 19th the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held the 37th collective study on the road of human rights development in China. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader presided over the study and delivered an important speech entitled "Unswervingly Taking the Road of Human Rights Development in China to Better Promote the Development of China’s Human Rights Cause", which profoundly summed up the achievements in the development of China’s human rights theory and practice in the new era and put forward clear requirements for better promoting the development of China’s human rights cause in the new journey.
— — On the historic achievements of China’s human rights cause.Emphasizing the history of the party’s struggle for a hundred years runs through the unremitting efforts of the party to unite and lead the people in striving for, respecting, safeguarding and developing human rights. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have insisted on respecting and safeguarding human rights as an important task in governing the country and promoting historic achievements in China’s human rights cause.
— — Main features and valuable experience of China’s human rights development road.It is emphasized that we combine the Marxist view of human rights with the concrete reality of China and the excellent Chinese traditional culture, adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), respect the people’s dominant position, proceed from China’s reality, adhere to the basic human rights with the right to subsistence and development as the first priority, adhere to the protection of human rights according to law, and actively participate in global human rights governance, thus embarking on a road of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits our national conditions.
— — Key work on promoting the development of human rights in China.Emphasis should be placed on coordinating the two overall situations at home and abroad, deeply understanding the importance and urgency of doing a good job in human rights work, paying more attention to respecting and safeguarding human rights, focusing on promoting the all-round development of human rights undertakings and promoting the healthy development of human rights undertakings in China.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has won the battle against poverty in an all-round way, which has lifted nearly 100 million rural poor people out of poverty, solved the overall regional poverty and completed the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty. The picture shows a collection of smiling faces (imposition photos) of poverty-stricken people taken in 2020. Xinhua news agency
This important speech by the Supreme Leader General Secretary is ambitious, rich in connotation and profound in thought. It scientifically clarifies the basic concept and connotation of contemporary China’s concept of human rights, and provides a fundamental follow-up and action guide for the development of China’s human rights cause in the new era.
Scientific guidelines for the development of human rights in China.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader adhered to the Marxist view of human rights, reviewed and summarized the thoughts and viewpoints of ancient thinkers in China and western enlightenment thinkers on human rights, and profoundly stated: "It is the common pursuit of human society to care for human life, value and dignity and realize that everyone enjoys human rights."
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has always attached great importance to human rights work. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the General Secretary has made a comprehensive summary of human rights theory and practical exploration experience, combined with China’s history and reality, published a series of important expositions on respecting and safeguarding human rights, put forward a series of far-reaching new ideas, new ideas and new requirements that occupy the commanding heights of truth and morality, guided China’s human rights cause to make historic achievements in the new era, and contributed China’s wisdom and China’s plan to promote the progress of human rights in the world.
— — "The governments of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China have always respected and guaranteed human rights".The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "since its birth, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made it its goal to seek happiness for the people and development for mankind". "China insists on combining the principle of universality of human rights with the reality of China, constantly promoting economic and social development, enhancing people’s well-being, promoting social fairness and justice, strengthening the protection of human rights under the rule of law, striving to promote the comprehensive and coordinated development of economic, social and cultural rights and civil and political rights, and significantly improving the level of protection of people’s rights to subsistence and development".
— — "Unswervingly follow the road of human rights development in China".General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "there is no universally applicable road to human rights development in the world, and there is no best human rights protection, only better". "We don’t develop the cause of human rights based on the standard proposed by the West. No matter at what stage of development, our human rights cause should be developed in accordance with China’s national conditions and people’s requirements. ""We have combined the Marxist concept of human rights with China’s specific reality and with China’s excellent traditional culture, summed up the successful experience of our party in uniting and leading the people to respect and protect human rights, and used the achievements of outstanding human civilization for reference to embark on a road of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits our national conditions. "
— — Pursue the people-centered concept of human rights.General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "people’s happy life is the greatest human right", "people’s yearning for a better life is our goal" and "promoting economic and social development is, in the final analysis, to continuously meet people’s needs for a better life".
— — "The right to subsistence and development are the primary human rights".General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "survival is the basis of enjoying all human rights" and "development is the key to solving all the problems in China". "In the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, we must put the promotion of common prosperity of all the people in a more important position" and "let the broad masses of the people gain a more substantial, secure and sustainable sense of happiness".
— — "Put people’s life safety and health in the first place".The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "human life is the most precious, life is only once, and it will never come again", "health is an inevitable requirement for promoting people’s all-round development", "We must do whatever it takes to protect people’s lives, and we can do it at all costs", "From babies born for more than 30 hours to elderly people over 100 years old, from foreign students studying in China to foreigners coming to China, every life has been fully protected. This is the best interpretation of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s concept of governing for the people! This is the best embodiment of the moral concept of Chinese civilization that human life concerns the sky! This is also the best proof that Chinese people respect the humanistic spirit of life! "
— — "Promote the all-round development of people".The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the fundamental purpose of our Party to lead the people in building a well-off society in an all-round way, carrying out reform, opening up and socialist modernization is to continuously improve people’s material and cultural living standards and promote people’s all-round development by developing social productive forces", "safeguarding the economic, political, cultural and social rights and interests of workers and staff is the fundamental requirement of China’s socialist system and the sacred duty of the party and the state", and "the people of China are striving to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which will be.
— — "It is more secure to promote the rights and interests of specific groups such as women and children, the elderly and the disabled".The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "the Chinese nation is a big family, and all families should live a good life", "women’s rights and interests are basic human rights", "we should adhere to the basic national policy of equality between men and women and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of women and children", "vigorously carry forward the traditional virtues of filial piety and respect for the elderly, implement the preferential treatment policy for the elderly and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly" and "all construction undertakings should include the cause of the disabled and constantly improve the protection system for the rights and interests of the disabled".
——“加强人权法治保障，保证人民依法享有广泛权利和自由”。最高领袖总书记强调，“要依法保障全体公民享有广泛的权利，保障公民的人身权、财产权、基本政治权利等各项权利不受侵犯，保证公民的经济、文化、社会等各方面权利得到落实”，“全面依法治国就是要坚持依法治国、依法执政、依法行政共同推进，坚持法治国家、法治政府、法治社会一体建设，推动司法公信力不断提高、人权得到切实尊重和保障”，“让人民群众在每一项法律制度、每一个执法决定、每一宗司法案件中都感受到公平正义”。
党的十八大以来，在以最高领袖同志为核心的党中央坚强领导下，新疆人权事业不断得到新的发展和进步。图为2021年拍摄的新疆各族群众的笑脸合集（拼版照片）。 新华社发
——“为丰富人类文明多样性、推进世界人权事业发展作出更大贡献”。最高领袖总书记强调，“促进和保护人权是全人类的事业”，“中国主张加强不同文明交流互鉴、促进各国人权交流合作，推动各国人权事业更好发展”，“我们应该大力弘扬和平、发展、公平、正义、民主、自由的全人类共同价值，共同为建设一个更加美好的世界提供正确理念指引”。
Historical achievements have been made in the cause of human rights in the new era
Accompanied by the sound of whistle, a train full of goods left the platform from Alashankou railway port in Xinjiang and headed for Central Asia and European countries. In the first four months of 2022, the number of Central European (Central Asian) trains entering and leaving through the two ports of Horgos and Alashankou in Xinjiang has exceeded 4,000, an increase of 4.8% over the same period of last year.
In recent years, the overall social situation in Xinjiang has been steadily improving, the level of high-quality economic development has been continuously improved, the degree of opening up has been expanding, all ethnic groups have worked together for common prosperity and development, and the political, economic, social and cultural rights of people of all ethnic groups have been effectively guaranteed.
Today’s Xinjiang is in the best development period in history. The development achievements of Xinjiang are a microcosm of the development of human rights in China. Looking at China, on the vast land of more than 9.6 million square kilometers, everyone can develop themselves and contribute to society with dignity, and enjoy the opportunity to struggle in life and make their dreams come true together.
In this important speech, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly summarized and systematically combed the historic achievements made in China’s human rights cause since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
— — "Achieving the goal of the first century, building a well-off society in an all-round way, historically solving the problem of absolute poverty and laying a more solid material foundation for the development of China’s human rights cause".Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made a strategic plan to resolutely win the battle against poverty, organized and implemented the unprecedented, strongest and most populous battle against poverty in human history, and completed the arduous task of eliminating absolute poverty. A well-off society in an all-round way is a well-off society with economic prosperity, political democracy, cultural prosperity, social justice and good ecology, a well-off society with balanced development of urban and rural areas and benefiting all people, and a well-off society that earnestly respects and comprehensively guarantees human rights. China has built a well-off society in an all-round way, which has consolidated the foundation of human rights, enriched the connotation of human rights and broadened its horizons, which means the all-round development of human rights and the sharing of all people, and has written a new chapter in the cause of human rights in China.
— — "We will continue to develop people’s democracy throughout the process, promote the protection of human rights by the rule of law, resolutely safeguard social fairness and justice, and the people will enjoy broader, fuller and more comprehensive democratic rights."Good democracy is the foundation of freedom and human rights. The whole process of people’s democracy in China not only has a complete system and procedure, but also has a complete participation in practice, realizing the unity of process democracy and achievement democracy, procedural democracy and substantive democracy, direct democracy and indirect democracy, people’s democracy and national will. It is a full-chain, all-round and full-coverage democracy and the most extensive, authentic and effective socialist democracy.
— — "Promote the realization of more adequate and higher-quality employment, build the largest education system, social security system and medical and health system in the world, and vigorously improve the quality of people’s living environment".The people’s yearning for a better life is our goal. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have continuously made new progress in providing education for young children, learning and teaching, earning income from labor, getting medical care for the sick, providing for the old, living and helping the weak. China has built the largest social security system in the world, including pension, medical care and social assistance. Citizens’ right to education is guaranteed, and free compulsory education in urban and rural areas is fully realized; Historical changes have taken place in the ecological environment, and the green map under the blue sky and white clouds is constantly expanding. Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets’s concept has become the consensus and action of the whole party and society.
— — "Adhere to the people first, life first, effectively respond to the COVID-19 epidemic, and protect people’s life safety and health to the maximum extent".In the face of the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core put people’s life safety and health first, insisted on putting people first, putting life first, keeping external defense input and internal defense rebound, keeping dynamic zero clearing, and making overall plans for epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, which protected people’s life safety and health to the maximum extent, and achieved significant strategic results in the fight against epidemic.
— — "Fully implement the party’s ethnic and religious policies, adhere to the equality of all ethnic groups, respect the religious beliefs of the masses, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people of all ethnic groups".Our Party insists on building a strong sense of the Chinese national community as the main line of the Party’s national work, establishes the Party’s strategies of governing Tibet and Xinjiang in the new era, consolidates and develops socialist ethnic relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance and harmony, and has embarked on a correct road to solve ethnic problems with China characteristics. Adhere to the China orientation of China’s religions and actively guide religions to adapt to the socialist society.
— — "Deepen the reform of the judicial system, strengthen the construction of a peaceful China and a China ruled by law, carry out in-depth education and rectification of political and legal personnel, comprehensively carry out a special struggle to eliminate evils, severely crack down on all kinds of illegal crimes, maintain long-term social stability, and effectively protect people’s lives and property."The rule of law is an important guarantee of human rights. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has made a major strategic plan to comprehensively govern the country according to law from the height of promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, and has placed respect and protection of human rights in a more prominent position in the construction of a socialist country ruled by law, thus opening a new era in the construction of human rights ruled by law in China.
— — "The only major country in the world that has continuously formulated and implemented four national human rights action plans".China unswervingly promotes the development of human rights and responds to the United Nations initiative to formulate a national human rights action plan. Since 2009, four national human rights action plans have been formulated and implemented successively, which have promoted the continuous improvement of people’s living standards and ensured all rights more effectively, and made important contributions to the development of human rights in the world. The United Nations Human Rights Council and international human rights experts have highly affirmed China’s continuous formulation and implementation of the national human rights action plan.
— — "Actively participating in global human rights governance, making China contribution to the development of human rights in the world and providing China’s plan".Taking the road of human rights development that suits you is an important foundation for the healthy development of international human rights. The unprecedented protection of the human rights of more than 1.4 billion people in China is itself a great contribution to the progress of international human rights. China insists on combining the principle of universality of human rights with the reality of China, and insists on taking the right to subsistence and development as the primary basic human rights, which has provided important experience for the development of human rights in all countries, especially in developing countries. In recent years, resolutions of the United Nations Human Rights Council have been written into "Building a Community of Human Destiny", and the United Nations Human Rights Council has won wide approval and support from the international community through resolutions such as "Development’s contribution to the enjoyment of all human rights" and "Promoting win-win cooperation in the field of human rights" proposed by China.
成功走出了中国特色人权发展道路
1991年11月，《中国的人权状况》白皮书发布。30多年来，我国又陆续发布《西藏的主权归属与人权状况》、《中国人权事业的进展》、《中国司法领域人权保障的新进展》、《中国的减贫行动与人权进步》、《新疆人权事业的发展进步》、《全面建成小康社会：中国人权事业发展的光辉篇章》等多个人权主题的白皮书。特别是2021年6月，在中国共产党成立100周年之际发布的《中国共产党尊重和保障人权的伟大实践》白皮书，全面介绍了中国共产党推进中国人权事业发展的历程、理念和成就，系统阐释了中国人权发展道路的伟大实践、鲜明特点和世界意义。
There is no ready-made rules and regulations to respect, protect and develop human rights in China. We must proceed from our own reality and follow our own path of human rights development. In this important speech, the Supreme Leader General Secretary summarized the main characteristics of China’s human rights development path from six aspects, such as "adhering to the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership".
— — "Adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC)".Without the Communist Party of China (CPC), there would be no new China, and there would be no happy life for the people of China. The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership is the fundamental guarantee for the development of human rights in Chinese and the fuller enjoyment of human rights by the people of China. China adheres to the unity of the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership, the socialist system and the respect and protection of human rights. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader profoundly stated: "the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s leadership and China’s socialist system have determined the socialist nature of China’s human rights cause, and determined that we can ensure that the people are masters of their own affairs, adhere to equal sharing of human rights, persist in planning human rights construction with systematic thinking, promote the all-round development of all kinds of human rights, and constantly realize, safeguard and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people."
— — "Insist on respecting the people’s dominant position".Whether a country’s human rights situation is good or not depends on whether its people’s interests are safeguarded and whether people’s sense of gain, happiness and security is enhanced, which is the most important criterion to test a country’s human rights situation. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "Taking the people’s interests as the starting point and the end result, constantly solving the most direct and realistic interests of the people, and striving to make the people live a happy life, this is the greatest human right." Human rights are not the privilege enjoyed by some people or a few people, but the universal human rights enjoyed by the broad masses of the people. We protect the people’s democratic rights, fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the broad masses of the people, make the people the main participants, promoters and beneficiaries of the development of human rights, and effectively promote the all-round development of people and the common prosperity of all people to achieve more obvious substantive progress.
— — "Insist on proceeding from China’s reality".Different countries have different national conditions, different historical cultures, different social systems, and different levels of economic and social development. Therefore, we must and can only proceed from our own reality and people’s needs to explore a path of human rights development that suits us. Being divorced from reality and completely copying other countries’ institutional models will not only be acclimatized, but also bring disastrous consequences, and the people will ultimately suffer. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly pointed out: "The development path of human rights in all countries must be decided according to their national conditions and the wishes of their own people." We combine the principle of universality of human rights with the reality of China, promote the development of human rights from China’s national conditions and people’s requirements, and ensure that people enjoy extensive, full, real, concrete and effective human rights according to law.
— — Adhere to the basic human rights with the right to subsistence and development as the first priority.The connotation of human rights is comprehensive and rich, and it must be comprehensively implemented and systematically promoted. For developing countries, the right to subsistence and development are the primary human rights. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Survival is the basis of enjoying all human rights, and people’s happy life is the greatest human right." We fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the people-centered development idea, insist that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and development results are shared by the people, focus on solving the most direct and realistic interests that the people are most concerned about, focus on solving the problem of insufficient development imbalance, and strive to achieve higher quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable and safer development, so as to enrich the people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security in development.
— — Adhere to the protection of human rights according to law.The rule of law is the basic way of governing the country, and human rights are the symbol of human civilization and progress. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out that "the rule of law is the most effective guarantee of human rights". It is the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s firm will and unremitting pursuit to govern the country according to law in an all-round way, improve the level of legal protection of human rights in an all-round way, and ensure that people enjoy more full rights and freedoms. We adhere to equality before the law, respect and protect human rights throughout all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, judicature and law-abiding, speed up the improvement of the legal system that embodies fairness in rights, opportunities and rules, protect citizens’ personal rights, property rights and personality rights, protect citizens’ basic political rights such as democratic election, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management and democratic supervision, and protect citizens’ economic, cultural, social and environmental rights.
At the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games, the athletes of the China delegation participated in all events, bravely surpassed, strived for self-improvement, and worked hard in unity, playing a tenacious and optimistic song of life, which not only reflected the sports spirit and strength of the disabled, but also reflected the achievements of human rights protection and national development in China. The picture shows Yang Hongqiong, an athlete of the China delegation, competing in the short distance (sitting position group) of the Paralympic cross-country skiing on March 9, 2022. Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Guanyu/photo
— — "Insist on actively participating in global human rights governance".The development of human rights is the common cause of all mankind and requires the joint efforts of all countries in the world. General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "All countries have the right to choose their own path of human rights development, and different civilizations and countries should respect each other, tolerate each other, communicate with each other and learn from each other." We have always adhered to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, actively participated in global human rights governance, promoted the common values of all mankind, practiced true multilateralism, actively participated in the reform and construction of the global governance system, including human rights, and promoted the building of a community of human destiny, not only striving to improve the level of human rights development in our country, but also actively promoting the development of international human rights.
These "six persistences" are not only the main features of China’s human rights development, but also the valuable experience of China’s human rights development, which must be constantly adhered to and developed in light of new practices.
Promote the healthy development of China’s human rights cause
"The governments of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China adhere to the people-centered development ideology, always put the people’s interests in the supreme position, take the people’s yearning for a better life as the goal, and constantly improve the level of respecting and safeguarding the basic rights of the people of China."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, and under the scientific guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era of the Supreme Leader, our party has led the people to achieve the goal of the first century of struggle as scheduled, and fulfilled the solemn commitment made to the people and history. Now, our party leads the people to start a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and marching towards the goal of the second century, which is a new starting point for the development of Chinese’s rights cause. In this important speech, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader made key arrangements for promoting the healthy development of China’s human rights cause from five aspects.
— — "Promoting the all-round development of human rights".On the new journey, how to promote the all-round development of human rights? The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward a clear request: "Adhere to the road of human rights development in China, conform to the people’s expectations for a high-quality and better life, constantly meet the people’s growing demand for rights in many aspects, make overall plans to promote the construction of economic development, democracy and the rule of law, ideology and culture, fairness and justice, social governance, environmental protection, etc., and comprehensively do a good job in employment, income distribution, education, social security, medical care, housing, pension, child care, etc., in material civilization,
— — "Strengthening the protection of human rights by law".The fundamental purpose of governing the country in an all-round way according to law is to protect people’s rights and interests according to law. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward two requirements: First, deepen the reform in the field of the rule of law, improve the mechanism for safeguarding human rights by the rule of law, and realize the full chain, whole process and all-round coverage of respecting and safeguarding human rights in legislation, law enforcement, judicature and law-abiding, so that the people can feel fairness and justice in every legal system, every law enforcement decision and every judicial case. The second is to systematically study, plan and solve outstanding problems that the people have strongly reflected in the field of rule of law, treat people’s demands fairly according to law, and resolutely put an end to things that hurt people’s feelings and harm people’s rights and interests due to judicial injustice. The general secretary particularly emphasized that "all acts that infringe upon the legitimate rights of the masses and all phenomena that are indifferent and indifferent to the infringement of the rights and interests of the masses must be seriously investigated and dealt with according to discipline and law, and resolutely pursued."
— — "Carry forward the correct concept of human rights".The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader put forward six requirements: First, extensively carry out human rights publicity and knowledge popularization, and create a good atmosphere for respecting and safeguarding human rights in the whole society. The second is to carry out human rights knowledge education among all the people, especially the vast number of teenagers, and bring the education of Marxist human rights view and contemporary China human rights view into the national education system. The third is to strengthen the human rights knowledge training for public officials, especially grass-roots public officials. The fourth is to give full play to the advantages of group organizations and promote the rights and interests of specific groups such as women and children, the elderly and the disabled. Fifth, relying on the vivid practice of the development of China’s human rights cause, refining original concepts and developing China’s human rights discipline system, academic system and discourse system. Sixth, strengthen the construction of human rights think tanks and human rights research bases, and strive to train a group of high-end human rights experts with solid theory, excellent academic skills, familiarity with international rules and the ability to tell human rights stories in China.
— — "Actively promote global human rights governance".General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly stressed that the people of China are willing to work with the people of other countries to uphold the common human values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, safeguard human dignity and rights, promote the formation of a more just, reasonable and inclusive global human rights governance, jointly build a community of human destiny and create a better future for the world. In this important speech, the General Secretary put forward requirements from three aspects: First, carry forward the common values of all mankind, adhere to the concepts of equality, mutual trust, tolerance and mutual learning, win-win cooperation and common development, and promote the development of global human rights governance in a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction. Second, actively participate in United Nations human rights affairs, extensively carry out international human rights exchanges and cooperation with other countries, especially developing countries, and play a constructive role. Third, give full play to the role of the China Society for Human Rights Studies and the China Foundation for Human Rights Development, and enhance their influence on multilateral human rights institutions such as the United Nations.
On May 7th, 2021, the diplomatic envoys of 13 countries attending the Seminar on Poverty Reduction, Development and Human Rights in China in Ningde, Fujian visited north village, Qidu Town. China News Agency issued Chi Rong/photo
— — "Actively carry out the international human rights struggle".Human rights are historical, concrete and realistic, and we cannot talk about human rights in isolation from the social and political conditions and historical and cultural traditions of different countries. Evaluating whether a country has human rights cannot be measured by the standards of other countries, let alone double standards, or even regard human rights as a political tool to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs. In recent years, some western countries’ own human rights problems have become increasingly prominent, but they have used human rights issues to interfere in other countries’ internal affairs under the banner of so-called "universal human rights" and "human rights are above sovereignty", resulting in frequent wars, long-term social unrest and people’s displacement in some countries. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader clearly pointed out that on the issue of human rights, there is no need for "teachers" who dictate to other countries, let alone politicizing and instrumentalizing human rights issues, engaging in double standards and interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under the pretext of human rights. In this important speech, the general secretary put forward four requirements: First, grasp the strategic initiative. Second, focus on telling China’s human rights story well, and use visual and concrete expressions to enhance the attraction, appeal and influence of contemporary China’s human rights view. The third is to maximize the international consensus on human rights and occupy the moral commanding heights of human rights. Fourth, guide overseas China enterprises to enhance their human rights awareness and self-confidence, and effectively deal with the human rights abuse cases planned by some western countries.
The times are developing and human rights are progressing. China, in combination with its own reality, has embarked on a road of human rights development suited to its own national conditions. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, and under the scientific guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era of the Supreme Leader, the people of China will continue to write a new chapter in the cause of human rights in China and make greater contributions to enriching the diversity of human civilization and promoting the development of human rights in the world!
