Experts applaud Party's emphasis on the rule of law

China's top human rights researchers said on Friday that the road map to the rule of law in the country - drawn up last month by the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee - will protect Chinese citizens' legal rights and interests if the CPC implements the plan properly.

The one-day seminar, with the theme "China's rule of law and human rights", was organized by the China Society for Human Rights Studies at Renmin University of China's branch campus in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. More than 30 researchers in human rights and legal studies from around China attended the round-table dialogue.

They discussed four topics: the rule of law and human rights protection; the judiciary's guarantee of human rights; human rights and state governance; and the construction of human rights discourse with Chinese characteristics.