Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 8. On December 8, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2021 South-South Human Rights Forum.
Xi Jinping pointed out that human rights are a sign of the progress of human civilization.
It is the common pursuit of human society to care for human life, value and dignity and realize the enjoyment of human rights by everyone.
Adhering to the people's supremacy and taking the people's yearning for a better life as the goal of struggle is the responsibility that the times have entrusted to all countries in the world.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the Communist Party of China has always been a political party that respects and protects human rights.
China insists on putting the people at the center, putting people's interests first, promoting human rights with development, advancing people's democracy in the whole process, promoting the free and all-round development of people, and successfully embarking on a human rights development path that conforms to the trend of the times, and has made significant progress in promoting China's human rights cause. Achievements, the sense of gain, happiness, and security of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people in the protection of human rights has continued to increase.
Human rights practices are diverse.
The people of all countries in the world should and can independently choose a human rights development path that suits their national conditions.
China is willing to work with developing countries to promote the common values of all mankind, practice true multilateralism, and contribute wisdom and strength to the healthy development of international human rights.
The 2021 South-South Human Rights Forum opened in Beijing on the same day, with the theme of "People First and Global Human Rights Governance", co-sponsored by the Information Office of the State Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.