STORY: Development of China's human rights highly praised at seminar
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024
DATELINE: March 2, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:40
LOCATION: Paris
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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Dozens of French experts praised the important contribution of Chinese wisdom to global human rights governance at a thematic seminar in Paris on Thursday, in parallel with the launch of Xi Jinping on Respecting and Protecting Human Rights (French-Chinese version).

The Chinese vision of human rights is centered on the people, Chen Dong, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy in France, said in his speech.

Chen said the book describes the Communist Party of China's people-centered governance philosophy in the new era, systematically summarizes China's policy on global human rights governance, and provides an authoritative textbook for domestic and foreign readers to understand China's perspective on human rights.

In this increasingly complex world that is in full recomposition, the Western model is in full shift, said Jean-Christophe Bas, director of the European center for studies on the community with a shared future for humanity.

He stressed that people are witnessing a movement towards the de-Westernization of the world, or at least a shift away from monopoly towards a multipolar world. He emphasized that diversity, a central theme in the Chinese vision of human rights, is fundamental to global peace.

"China respects and guarantees human rights by adapting to its own conditions, prioritizing the rights of its people above all," said Herve Azoulay, professor at the Silk Road Business School.

In China, "actions speak louder than words," said Joseph Makutu, director general of the Franco-Chinese University preparatory school. He welcomed the fact that the development of human rights in China directly benefits the well-being of the people, including education, employment and health.

President of Saphir Eurasia Promotion agency Jean Pegouret said that China, with "its breadth and diversity," always strives to strengthen "economic, political, social and cultural, environmental rights and the full development of each person in a coordinated manner."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Paris.
(XHTV)