When exploring a path of human rights development suited to the country's 
conditions, China, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), 
adheres to a people-centered approach and puts people's interests at the 
forefront.

China has eradicated absolute poverty, laying a solid material foundation for 
the country's human rights development and has built the world's largest 
education, social security, and medical and healthcare systems.

Meanwhile, the country is constantly developing its whole-process people's 
democracy, and improving legal frameworks to ensure legal protection of human 
rights, making its people the major participators, promoters and beneficiaries 
of the cause of human rights development.

Whether people's sense of gain, happiness and security has been enhanced is the 
most important criterion to test a country's human rights situation, said 
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, during his meeting with visiting 
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet via video 
link.

Noting that China has successfully blazed a path of human rights development 
that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its national conditions, Xi 
said that the human rights of the Chinese people have been protected as never 
before. 

To jointly advance the international human rights cause and bring benefits to 
people of all countries, China is ready to actively engage in human rights 
dialogue and cooperation with other parties, on the basis of equality and 
mutual respect, to expand consensus and reduce differences, he said.

The priorities in human rights development

It is the greatest human right to strive to enable people to live a happy life, 
he said, calling for efforts to embrace a human rights philosophy that centers 
on people.  

The people's interests are where the human rights cause starts and ends, he 
stressed. 

The people should be the real masters of their country, and become the main 
participants, promoters and beneficiaries of the development of human rights, 
he said. 

Noting that countries differ from each other in history, culture, social system 
and level of economic and social development, he said that they must promote 
and protect human rights in light of their national realities and the needs of 
their people.

All aspects of human rights should be advanced, he said, adding that human 
rights are an all-encompassing concept, and must be advanced in a comprehensive 
and systematic manner.

For developing countries, the rights to subsistence and development are the 
primary human rights, he added.

He also emphasized that global human rights governance should be advanced.

Countries should not politicize and instrumentalize human rights affairs, 
practice double standards or interfere in other countries' internal affairs 
under the pretext of human rights, he said, adding that China will continue to 
support the active efforts of the United Nations in promoting the international 
human rights cause.

Joint efforts in global human rights cause

For her part, Bachelet said that the high commissioner's office is ready to 
strengthen communication with China, explore cooperation and make joint efforts 
to promote progress in human rights globally.

"This is the first visit to China by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 
in 17 years, and I attach great importance to and cherish this visit," she said.

She said she admired China's efforts and achievements in poverty eradication, 
human rights protection and economic and social development and appreciated the 
country's important role in upholding multilateralism, addressing climate 
change and other global challenges and promoting global sustainable development.

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Source: CGTN