Xi Jinping emphasized during the thirty-seventh collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Unswervingly follow the path of human rights development in China
Better promote the development of my country's human rights cause
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 26 (Xinhua) -- The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee conducted the 37th collective study on China's human rights development path on the afternoon of February 25.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized when presiding over the study that respecting and protecting human rights is the unremitting pursuit of Chinese Communists.
The history of the party's century of struggle runs through the party's unremitting efforts to unite and lead the people to strive for human rights, respect human rights, protect human rights, and develop human rights.
Our country has embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way and marching towards the second centenary goal. We must deeply understand the importance and urgency of doing a good job in human rights work, unswervingly follow the path of human rights development in China, and pay more attention to respecting and Protect human rights and better promote the development of my country's human rights cause.
Comrade Lu Guangjin, Secretary-General of the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies, explained this issue and put forward work suggestions.
Comrades from the Political Bureau of the Central Committee listened carefully to his explanation and discussed it.
Xi Jinping delivered an important speech while presiding over the study.
He emphasized that respecting and protecting human rights is the unremitting pursuit of Chinese Communists.
Since its establishment, our party has held high the banner of "struggling for democracy and human rights", and clearly declared its proposition of saving the country and the people and striving for human rights.
During the period of the new democratic revolution, the period of socialist revolution and construction, and the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, our party has firmly grasped the original mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and has led the people to achieve revolution. With the great victory of construction and reform, the Chinese people have become the masters of the country, society and their own destiny, and the protection of the Chinese people's rights to subsistence, development and other basic rights has continued to advance.
Xi Jinping pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, we have insisted on respecting and protecting human rights as an important task in the governance of the country, and promoted the historical achievements of my country's human rights cause.
We achieved the first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, historically solved the problem of absolute poverty, and laid a more solid material foundation for the development of my country's human rights cause.
We continue to develop people's democracy throughout the process, advance the protection of human rights and the rule of law, and resolutely safeguard social fairness and justice, so that the people enjoy broader, fuller, and more comprehensive democratic rights.
We have promoted the realization of more adequate and higher-quality employment, built the world's largest education system, social security system, and medical and health care system, and vigorously improved the quality of people's living environment.
We insisted on putting people first and life first, and responded vigorously to the COVID-19 outbreak, protecting people's lives and health to the greatest extent possible.
We fully implement the party's policies on ethnicity and religion, insist that all ethnic groups are equal, respect the religious beliefs of the masses, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people of all ethnic groups.
We have deepened the reform of the judicial system, strengthened the construction of a safe China and the rule of law in China, carried out in-depth education and rectification of political and legal teams, carried out comprehensive anti-criminal actions, severely cracked down on various types of illegal crimes, maintained long-term social stability, and effectively protected the lives and property of the people.
my country is the only major country in the world that has continuously formulated and implemented the four-phase national human rights action plan.
We actively participate in global human rights governance, and have made Chinese contributions and provided Chinese solutions to the development of human rights in the world.
Xi Jinping emphasized that in the practice of promoting the development of my country's human rights cause, we have combined the Marxist concept of human rights with China's concrete reality and the excellent traditional Chinese culture, summed up the successful experience of our party in leading the people to respect and protect human rights, and learned from human beings. The outstanding achievements of civilization have embarked on a human rights development path that conforms to the trend of the times and suits the national conditions of the country.
First, adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China and my country's socialist system have determined the socialist nature of my country's human rights cause, determined that we can ensure that the people are the masters of the country, adhere to the equal sharing of human rights, promote the all-round development of various human rights, and continuously realize, maintain and develop them. The fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people.
The second is to uphold respect for the dominant position of the people.
People's nature is the most prominent feature of China's human rights development path.
We protect the people's democratic rights, fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity 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. substantial progress.
The third is to stick to the reality of our country.
We combine the principle of universality of human rights with China's actual conditions, and promote the development of human rights in the light of my country's national conditions and the demands of the people, so as to ensure that the people enjoy extensive, full, real, specific, and effective human rights in accordance with the law.
Fourth, adhere to the basic human rights with the right to subsistence and the right to development as the first priority.
Survival is the basis for the enjoyment of all human rights, and a happy life for the people is the greatest human right.
We fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, insist that development is for the people, development depends on the people, and development results are shared by the people, and strive to achieve higher quality, more efficiency, more fairness, and more reliability. Sustained and more secure development, in the process of development, will make the people's sense of gain, happiness and security more fulfilling, more secure and more sustainable.
Fifth, adhere to the protection of human rights in accordance with the law.
We insist that everyone is equal before the law, respect and protect human rights in all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, judiciary, and law-abiding, accelerate the improvement of the legal system with fair rights, opportunities, and rules, protect citizens' personal rights, property rights, and personality rights, and ensure citizen participation Basic political rights such as democratic election, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision shall be guaranteed, and citizens' rights in economic, cultural, social, environmental and other fields shall be protected, and the level of legal protection of human rights shall be continuously improved.
Sixth, insist on actively participating in global human rights governance.
We carry forward the common values of all mankind, practice genuine multilateralism, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system including human rights, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The above six points are not only the main features of China's human rights development, but also our
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to promote the comprehensive development of human rights, adhere to China's human rights development path, comply with the people's expectations for a high-quality and beautiful life, continuously meet the people's growing needs for rights in various aspects, and coordinate the promotion of economic development, democracy and the rule of law, ideology and culture, and fairness. Justice, social governance, environmental protection, etc., and comprehensively do a good job in employment, income distribution, education, social security, medical care, housing, old-age care, and child support. In the process of coordinated development, the level of protection of various human rights will be improved in an all-round way.
Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen the protection of human rights and the rule of law, deepen reforms in the field of the rule of law, improve the mechanism for the protection of human rights and the rule of law, and realize the respect and protection of human rights in the entire chain, process and all-round coverage of legislation, law enforcement, justice, and law-abiding, so that the people can be involved in every project. Fairness and justice are felt in the legal system, in every law enforcement decision, in every judicial case.
It is necessary to systematically study, plan and solve the outstanding problems in the field of the rule of law, which are strongly reflected by the people, treat the people's demands fairly in accordance with the law, and resolutely prevent the occurrence of things that hurt the people's feelings and damage the people's rights and interests due to judicial injustice.
All acts of infringing upon the legitimate rights of the masses, and all phenomena of indifference and indifference to violations of the rights and interests of the masses must be seriously investigated and punished according to discipline and law, and they must be resolutely held accountable.
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to carry forward the correct concept of human rights, widely carry out human rights publicity and knowledge dissemination, and create a good atmosphere for respecting and protecting human rights.
It is necessary to carry out education on human rights knowledge among all the people, especially the young people, and incorporate the Marxist concept of human rights and the education of contemporary Chinese human rights into the national education system.
It is necessary to strengthen human rights knowledge training for public officials, especially those at the grass-roots level.
It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of group organizations to promote the protection of the rights and interests of specific groups such as women and children, the elderly, and the disabled.
Relying on the vivid practice of human rights development in my country, we should refine original concepts and develop our human rights discipline system, academic system, and discourse system.
It is necessary to strengthen the construction of human rights think tanks and human rights research bases, and focus on cultivating a group of high-end human rights experts with solid theories, superb academic skills, familiarity with international rules, and the ability to tell the story of human rights in China.
Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to actively promote global human rights governance, carry forward the common values of all mankind, adhere to the concepts of equality, mutual trust, inclusiveness 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.
It is necessary to actively participate in the human rights affairs of the United Nations, extensively conduct international human rights exchanges and cooperation with other countries, especially developing countries, and play a constructive role.
Xi Jinping pointed out that human rights are historical, concrete and realistic, and human rights cannot be talked about in isolation from the social and political conditions and historical and cultural traditions of different countries.
To evaluate whether a country has human rights, it should not be measured by the standards of other countries, let alone double standards, or even use human rights as a political tool to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.
It is necessary to grasp the strategic initiative, focus on telling the story of human rights in China, and use visual and concrete expressions to enhance the attractiveness, appeal and influence of contemporary Chinese human rights views.
Xi Jinping emphasized that party committees (party groups) at all levels should shoulder the historical responsibility of promoting the development of my country's human rights cause, strengthen organizational leadership, take the initiative to act, and earnestly implement the national human rights action plan.
Cadres at all levels, especially leading cadres, must consciously study the Marxist concept of human rights and the contemporary Chinese concept of human rights, raise their awareness, enhance their self-confidence, and take the initiative to do a good job in respecting and protecting human rights.
All regions, departments and industries should enhance the awareness of respecting and protecting human rights, and form a joint force to promote the development of my country's human rights cause.