Forum focuses on environment as basic human right

"The pursuit of a clean, beautiful environment is among the most basic of human rights, which deserves protection," Luo Haocai, president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, said on Thursday.

Luo made the remarks in an interview with China Daily at the Sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights, which opened on Thursday.

A healthy environment is especially important to the Chinese people while the country is in the process of economic development, he said.