on the afternoon of february 25, the political bureau of the cpc central committee held the 37th group study session on china's human rights development path. presiding over the study, xi jinping, general secretary of the cpc central committee, stressed that respecting and protecting human rights is the unremitting pursuit of chinese communists. the century-long struggle of the party runs through the unremitting efforts of the party to unite and lead the people in striving for, respecting, protecting and developing human rights. china has embarked on a new journey to fully build a modern socialist country and march toward the second centenary goal. we need to have a deep understanding of the importance and urgency of doing a good job in our human rights work, unswervingly follow the chinese path of human rights development, pay more attention to respecting and protecting human rights, and better promote the cause of human rights in china.
lu guangjin, secretary-general of the china society for human rights studies, explained this issue and put forward suggestions. comrades of the political bureau of the cpc central committee listened carefully to his explanation and discussed it.
xi jinping delivered an important speech while presiding over the study. he stressed that respecting and protecting human rights is the unremitting pursuit of chinese communists. since its founding, our party has held high the banner of "fighting for democracy and human rights" and clearly declared its proposition of saving the country and the people and fighting for human rights. in the period of new-democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction period, reform and opening up and socialist modernization construction new period, our party has firmly grasp seeks happiness for chinese people, for the beginner's mind seeks the revival of chinese nation's mission, led the people achieved the great victory of the revolution, construction and reform, the chinese people to become the state, society and the master of his fate, the protection of the chinese people's rights to subsistence, development and other basic rights has made steady progress.
since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china (cpc), china has taken respecting and protecting human rights as an important task of governance, and pushed for historic achievements in the cause of human rights in china, xi said. we have achieved the first centenary goal, completed the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, resolved the issue of absolute poverty in a historic way, and laid a more solid material foundation for the development of human rights in china. we have developed people's democracy throughout the whole process, promoted legal protection of human rights, and resolutely safeguarded social fairness and justice, so that the people enjoy democratic rights in a broader, fuller and more comprehensive way. we have promoted fuller and higher-quality employment, established the world's largest education, social security and medical and health systems, and greatly improved the quality of people's living environment. we have put people and life first, effectively responded to covid-19, and protected people's lives and health to the greatest extent possible. we fully implement the party's policies on ethnic groups and religions, uphold equality among all ethnic groups, respect people's religious beliefs, and protect their legitimate rights and interests. we have deepened the reform of the judicial system, strengthened the building of a peaceful china and the rule of law in china, carried out thorough education and rectification of the political and judicial personnel, carried out a comprehensive campaign to root out organized crime, and cracked down on all kinds of crimes and crimes, so as to maintain long-term social stability and effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property. china is the only major country in the world that has continuously formulated and implemented four national human rights action plans. we have taken an active part in global human rights governance, making china's contribution and offering china's solutions to the global human rights cause.
xi stressed that the practice of promoting the development of the cause of human rights in our country, we put the marxism human rights combining with china's concrete practice, combining with chinese excellent traditional culture, summarize our party unity to lead the successful experience of the people's respect and safeguard human rights, draw lessons from the outstanding achievements of civilization of mankind, walked out of a adapt to the trend of the times, human rights development path suited to its national conditions. first, we must uphold the leadership of the cpc. the leadership of the communist party of china and china's socialist system determine the socialist nature of china's human rights cause, ensure that the people are the masters of the country, adhere to the principle of equal and shared human rights, promote the all-round development of all human rights, and constantly realize, protect, and develop the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people. second, we must respect the principal position of the people. people's nature is the most prominent feature of china's human rights development path. we have protected the democratic rights of the people, fully stimulated the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the people, enabled them to become the main participants, promoters and beneficiaries of the development of human rights, and made more substantial progress in promoting all-round human development and common prosperity for all. third, we must proceed from china's actual conditions. we have combined the principle of the universality of human rights with china's realities, advanced the cause of human rights in light of china's national conditions and the needs of the people, and ensured that the people enjoy extensive, full, real, concrete, effective and effective human rights in accordance with the law. fourth, the rights to subsistence and development are fundamental human rights. survival is the basis for enjoying all human rights, and a happy life for the people is the biggest human right. we fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new vision of development, adhere to the people-centered philosophy of development, development for the people, by the people, and the fruits of development shared by the people, and strive to achieve higher-quality, more efficient, fairer, more sustainable and more secure development. in the course of development, we will make the people's sense of gain, happiness and security more substantial, secure and sustainable. fifth, we must protect human rights in accordance with the law. we insisted that everyone is equal before the law, the respect and safeguard human rights through legislation, law enforcement, judicial, law-abiding, each link, to speed up the perfect fair right, fair chance and fair regulation legal system, ensure the personal right, property right, personality right, safeguard citizens to participate in democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management and democratic supervision and other basic political rights, we will protect citizens' economic, cultural, social, environmental and other rights, and improve the protection of human rights under the rule of law. sixth, we should actively participate in global human rights governance. we uphold the common values of mankind, practice true multilateralism, take an active part in the reform and development of the global governance system, including human rights, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. the above six articles are not only the main features of the development of human rights in china, but also valuable experience we have gained in advancing the cause of human rights in china.
xi jinping pointed out that to promote the comprehensive development of the cause of human rights and insist on china's human rights development road, to the people of high quality are looking forward to a better life, constantly meet people's increasing requirements of various rights, push forward economic development, democracy, rule of law, ideology and culture, fairness and justice, social governance, environmental protection, such as construction, we will do a good job in employment, income distribution, education, social security, medical care, housing, elderly care, and support for the young, and comprehensively improve the protection of human rights in all fields while promoting coordinated development of material, political, spiritual, social, and ecological progress.
xi stressed that must strengthen the rule of law guarantee of human rights, deepening the reform of the rule of law field, improve the human rights safeguard mechanism of rule of law, respect and safeguard human rights in legislation, law enforcement, judicial, law-abiding, the whole chain, the whole process, the omni-directional coverage, let the people in each legal system, each law enforcement decision, are suffering in every cases of judicial fairness and justice. we need to systematically study, plan and solve prominent problems in the rule of law that the people feel strongly about, treat people's demands fairly in accordance with the law, and resolutely prevent unfair judicial practices that hurt people's feelings and harm their rights and interests. all acts that infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and all acts of indifference to and indifference to violations of their rights and interests, must be investigated and punished in accordance with discipline and law.
xi called for promoting a correct outlook on human rights, carrying out extensive publicity and knowledge popularization of human rights, and creating a favorable atmosphere for respecting and protecting human rights. education on human rights should be carried out among all the people, especially among young people, and education on marxist and contemporary chinese views on human rights should be incorporated into the national education system. it is necessary to strengthen human rights training for public officials, especially those at the grass-roots level. we need to leverage the strength of mass organizations to better protect the rights and interests of specific groups such as women and children, the elderly, and the disabled. we should rely on the vivid practice of the development of human rights in china, refine original concepts, and develop china's human rights discipline system, academic system and discourse system. we should strengthen the development of human rights think tanks and research bases, and focus on cultivating a group of high-level human rights experts who have solid theories, are proficient in academics, are familiar with international rules, and can tell stories about china's human rights.
xi stressed the importance of promoting global human rights governance, promoting the common values of mankind, adhering to the principles of equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness, mutual learning, win-win cooperation and common development, and making global human rights governance more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive. we should actively participate in un human rights affairs, conduct extensive international exchanges and cooperation on human rights with other countries, especially developing countries, and play a constructive role.
human rights are historical, concrete and realistic, xi said, adding that no one should talk about human rights in isolation from the social and political conditions and historical and cultural traditions of different countries. when evaluating a country's human rights, we should not judge it by other countries' standards, still less should we adopt double standards or even use human rights as a political tool to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. we should take the strategic initiative, focus on telling china's human rights stories well, and use visualized and specific expressions to make contemporary chinese views on human rights more attractive, appealing and influential.
party committees at all levels should shoulder the historical responsibility of promoting the development of china's human rights cause, strengthen organization and leadership, take the initiative to fulfill their responsibilities, and earnestly implement the national human rights action plan, xi said. officials at all levels, especially leading ones, should conscientiously study the marxist and contemporary chinese views on human rights, raise their awareness and confidence, and take the initiative to respect and protect human rights. all regions, departments and industries should strengthen their awareness of respecting and protecting human rights and form a joint force to promote the development of china's human rights cause.
source: people's daily online