Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 10. On June 10, in response to the so-called "Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang" resolution passed by the European Parliament, You Wenze, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, made a statement.
The full text is as follows:
We strongly condemn the so-called "Human Rights Situation in Xinjiang" resolution passed by the European Parliament, and firmly oppose the European Parliament's political manipulation and gross interference in China's internal affairs under the guise of "human rights".
Respecting and protecting human rights is an important principle of the Chinese Constitution.
Since the founding of New China more than 70 years ago, the human rights cause in Xinjiang has continued to gain new development and progress.
China has carried out anti-terrorism and de-radicalization struggles in accordance with the law, effectively curbing the frequent occurrence of terrorist activities, ensuring the safety of life and property of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to the greatest extent, and making positive contributions to the global cause of human rights and global anti-terrorism.
At present, Xinjiang's society is peaceful and stable, its economy is prosperous and developing, and its people live and work in peace and contentment. It is in the best period of development in history.
The facts cannot be distorted and the truth cannot be denied.
Some anti-China forces in the European Parliament, out of political self-interest, disregard the facts of reality, smear China's Xinjiang policy, maliciously spread lies and rumors related to Xinjiang, and politicize and instrumentalize human rights issues. China's development is doomed to fail.
Xinjiang-related issues are not about human rights, ethnicity or religion at all, but about countering violence, terrorism and separatism.
Xinjiang affairs are purely China's internal affairs, and no external forces have the right to interfere.
We urge the European Parliament to immediately stop interfering in China's internal affairs under the pretext of Xinjiang-related issues.