On December 5, 2023, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the opening ceremony of the International Symposium Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Beijing, and put forward a four-point proposal on realizing the full enjoyment of human rights by all people and making the goal of the Declaration a reality.

First, all parties must promote common security and create a secure and tranquil international environment for realizing human rights. Security is the foundation and underpinning for human rights. As highlighted by the U.N. Declaration on the Right to Peace, everyone has the right to enjoy peace. All parties must firmly uphold the U.N.-centered international system and the international order based on international law. The world must not be allowed to return to the law of the jungle or fall back into the abyss of Cold War confrontation. All parties must act on the Global Security Initiative and pursue common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. All parties must address complex and intertwined security challenges with an approach of mutual benefit. All parties must seek to resolve differences and disputes between states through dialogue and consultation. All parties must see that conflicts and wars will be brought to an end and displaced people return to their home at an early date.

Second, all parties must prioritize development to provide a more solid material foundation for realizing human rights. Development is an eternal theme of human society. The right to development is of special and paramount importance for developing countries. The Global Development Initiative proposed by China aims to help put development back on the international agenda as a core priority and fully implement the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. All parties must bring greater equity, higher efficiency, and stronger synergy to global development. All parties must build an open world economy, oppose technology blockade, break down technological barriers, and reject development decoupling. All parties must push for an economic globalization that is more open, inclusive, balanced and beneficial to all. All parties must work together to create an environment favorable for all countries to achieve economic development and growth. All parties must see that people of all countries enjoy equal rights to development.

Third, all parties must engage in exchanges and mutual learning to provide more choices of routes to human rights advancement. There are different routes to human rights advancement. There is no such thing as a single authorized model of human rights development. Every country and its people should and do have the right to choose their own path to human rights development that best fits their national reality. All parties must respect the diversity of world civilizations. All parties need to act on the Global Civilization Initiative, increase exchanges and mutual learning, and encourage and respect countries in choosing their own path to human rights development. All parties must see that people of all countries are ensured of human rights fairly through their own modernization drives.

Fourth, all parties must uphold equity and justice to provide a more effective platform of cooperation for realizing human rights. All parties must reject any attempt to interfere in other countries' internal affairs or contain their development under the pretext of human rights. All parties must say no to any attempt to politicize or instrumentalize human rights issues or use such issues to draw ideological boundaries. All parties must oppose any attempt to force one's own values and model upon others or form exclusive circles or blocs against others. The U.N. Human Rights Council and other multilateral human rights bodies must follow the principles of impartiality, objectivity, nonselectivity and nonpoliticization in their work and operation. They must redress the underrepresentation of developing countries in the U.N. human rights mechanisms. They must ensure that the U.N. human rights system truly becomes a platform for dialogue and cooperation instead of an arena for confrontation or for exerting pressure, so as to play a truly positive role in promoting international human rights.