China makes historic progress in human rights

Editor's note: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also the year of the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. To mark both occasions, Wang Chen, minister of the State Council Information Office, gave an exclusive interview to the Human Rights journal, in which he gave a positive appraisal of the position and role of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, expounded China's basic views on human rights and achievements in human rights development. He also visualized the prospects of human rights development in China and the world as a whole. The full text of the interview follows:

Q: Dec 10 this year marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. How do you view and evaluate this document?

A: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted at the UN General Assembly on Dec 10, 1948 is the UN's first document devoted to the human rights issue. It is truly a worldwide declaration of human rights that came into being on the basis of summing up the historical experience and absorbing and infusing the cultural spirit of the East and the West.