China News Agency, Guangzhou, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Guangzhou on May 23.
Wang Yi emphasized that President Xi Jinping pointed out that the people's yearning for a better life is our goal.
China adheres to five "always" in developing the cause of human rights.
First, always put the protection of the right to subsistence in the first place.
China not only feeds one-fifth of the world's population with less than 9% of the world's land, but also built the world's largest social security system and universal medical security network.
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, China has adhered to the principle of putting people first and life first, and protected the lives and health of the people to the greatest extent possible.
The second is to always make the promotion of the right to development a priority.
China has solved the problem of absolute poverty historically, accomplished the poverty reduction goal of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 10 years ahead of schedule, and more than 1.4 billion Chinese people have entered a moderately prosperous society in all respects, which is a milestone.
We have embarked on a new journey towards the second centenary goal, marching towards common prosperity, and ensuring that no one is left behind on the road of development.
The third is to always take protecting the legitimate rights and interests of citizens as the basic task.
China is the only major country in the world that has consistently formulated and implemented the four-phase national human rights action plan.
China has continuously developed people's democracy in the whole process, realizing the combination of process democracy and outcome democracy, procedural democracy and substantive democracy, direct democracy and indirect democracy, electoral democracy and deliberative democracy.
Fourth, the protection of the rights of specific groups such as ethnic minorities has always been an important content.
Help minority areas achieve common development and prosperity through central support and counterpart support, and protect the rights of people of all ethnic groups to manage state affairs on an equal footing in accordance with the law.
Fifth, always take protecting people's safety as a long-term goal.
China is committed to building a "safe China", and the Chinese people's sense of security has consistently exceeded 98% in recent years.
The law and security order survey report released by an international authoritative polling agency last year showed that China's score ranks among the top in the world.
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