China News Agency, Beijing, September 27th (Reporter Li Jingze) During the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, hosted by the China Human Rights Development Foundation and undertaken by the Minzu University of China, "People-Centered: The Value of Contemporary Chinese Human Rights Views" Follow" theme side event was held in Beijing on the 26th.
Scholars participating in the conference generally believed that the contemporary Chinese human rights concept embodies the people-centered concept, and the people's nature has always run through China's human rights practice.
Zuo Feng, vice chairman and secretary general of the China Human Rights Development Foundation, pointed out that in the process of promoting the development of China's human rights cause, the Communist Party of China has always respected the people's dominant position and pioneering spirit, and gave full play to the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all the people. He has become a builder of China's human rights cause and a holder of various rights.
Guo Guangsheng, President of Minzu University of China, believes that the contemporary Chinese human rights concept emphasizes the centrality of the people and points to the people's yearning for a better life.
With the prosperity of the country and the improvement of people's living standards, human rights, the self-expectation of human society, is no longer an illusory vision, but continues to become a reality.
As Alexander Kubishkin, a Russian expert at the Central and South Asian Communication Center of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said, different life backgrounds and cultural histories determine different countries' understanding of the connotation and expression of human rights.
When talking about the concept of human rights, the participating experts did not shy away from the many differences between China and the West.
Regarding the relationship between collective human rights and individual human rights, Li Yunlong, a professor at the Central Party School (National School of Administration), believes that Western human rights emphasize the individual and believe that the only subject of human rights is the individual.
Contemporary Chinese human rights view emphasizes the unity of collective human rights and individual human rights, and advocates safeguarding both individual human rights and collective human rights.
Regarding the understanding of the right to freedom, Liu Hongzhen, deputy director of the Human Rights Research Center of Jilin University, pointed out that, unlike the Western human rights concept that emphasizes negative freedom, the people-centered contemporary Chinese human rights concept emphasizes the value dimensions of justice, fairness and equality.
Although countries have different understandings of human rights, they can still seek common ground while reserving differences in different human rights values through dialogue and communication.
In this regard, the participating experts believed that China's people-centered human rights concept can bring inspiration to the world.
Su Aogu, a professor at Isard Business School in Spain and director of the "Dialogue with China" project, shared his views on China's human rights cause based on his personal experience.
He believes that China's people-centered human rights concept has a profound historical background, and China's development achievements in the past few decades can provide reference for other countries to promote the progress of human rights.
Ke Makai, winner of the Chinese Government Friendship Award and Chairman of the Bureau of the International Committee of Industrial Cooperation and Cooperation of China, said that in China, rights and obligations often go hand in hand.
Ji Li, a Uzbek expert from Minzu University of China, shared her understanding of contemporary Chinese human rights concept from the perspective of education.
She has participated in the translation of a series of books on China's state governance and administration. For example, when she translated "The Chinese Road to the Development of Basic Education", she gained inspiration from the development path of Chinese education.
In her native Uzbekistan, China's experience is being widely used in education system reform, she said.
Huang Hao, an American expert from the Western European and African Communication Center of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, has visited many impoverished areas in China and witnessed China's achievements in poverty alleviation.
He said that in the process of fighting poverty, China has made a lot of efforts to protect human rights and empowered its people to pursue their dreams, which provides a reference for those countries that have not been lifted out of poverty.
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