Beijing Declaration

From December 7 to December 8 of 2017, the first "South-South Human Rights Forum" was held in Beijing. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter. Mr Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the forum, and read President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivered a speech. Foreign Minister Wang Yi also attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. The forum was jointly sponsored by the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, and was attended by more than 300 representatives from over 70 countries, regions and international organizations. The representatives actively participated in discussions on the development of human rights in the developing countries and the world.

The participants believed that the congratulatory letter addressed to the forum by President Xi Jinping pursues the value of putting the people first and developing a thought centered on the people, insisting on the unity of universality and particularity of human rights, emphasizing cooperation for development, promoting human rights through development, and calling for joint development of a community of shared future for human beings, which would play an important leading role in the development of human rights in the developing countries and the world at large.

The participants stressed that President Xi Jinping's proposal to build a community of shared future for human beings is a major concept which conforms to the trend of the times, fits the requirements of development, and reflects the pursuit of a new human and social value. It has pointed out the direction for solving global problems, including human rights governance, and is a major ideological contribution made by China to promote the development and progress of human society.