White paper lists happy life as 'the primary human right'

China published a white paper titled "Seeking Happiness for People: 70 Years of Progress on Human Rights in China" on Sunday.

"Living a happy life is the primary human right," said the document published by the State Council Information Office, adding that China regards the rights to subsistence and development as primary and basic human rights. The country has been improving the rights of its people in a coordinated manner since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, the document said.

Seventy years ago, under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people were emancipated and became masters of their country.

Since then, the Chinese nation has stood up and grown prosperous and is becoming strong; all basic rights of the people are better respected and protected; and China has made regular contributions to the international cause of human rights, the white paper said.

China has opened a new path of human rights protection based on its national conditions, and increased the diversity of human civilizations, it said.

In the future, the Chinese people will certainly enjoy to the fullest degree more extensive rights and realize well-rounded development at higher levels, it said.

The white paper said that China will continue in the new era to uphold cultural diversity, communicate with and learn from other civilizations and work with the international community for common development, prosperity, progress in human rights worldwide and for building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Xinhua

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