Human rights improve in Xinjiang, experts say

GENEVA - Human rights are seeing rapid improvement in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to experts at a United Nations meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

A side-event on developments in Xinjiang at the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council was sponsored by the China Society for Human Rights Studies and is the first of its kind. Some 60 representatives from government, international groups and nongovernmental organizations, along with experts, scholars and reporters, took part in the event on Monday.

Gao Jianlong, president of the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, said that through continuous efforts, Xinjiang has implemented targeted and effective measures to alleviate poverty, thus safeguarding people's rights to subsistence and development.