Human Rights Actions Look at China | "The development of human rights in Xinjiang conforms to the ardent expectations of people of all ethnic groups"

"The development of human rights in Xinjiang conforms to the ardent expectations of people of all ethnic groups"

——"Promote the high-quality development of human rights in Xinjiang"

2023 Theory Seminar Sidelights of the story sharing meeting

On December 20, the 2023 theoretical seminar and story sharing meeting on "Promoting the high-quality development of human rights in Xinjiang in the process of Chinese modernization" was held in Urumqi, with about 200 experts, scholars, media reporters and story sharing people participating.

The participants generally believed that at present, the overall social situation in the north and south of Tianshan is stable, the pace of high-quality economic development is strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and Xinjiang's human rights cause is constantly making all-round progress and historic achievements.

At the meeting, Aierken Tunyazi, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, introduced the progress made in the cause of human rights in Xinjiang with a series of detailed data and iron facts:

Xinjiang's stability dividend continued to release, and the number of tourists to Xinjiang increased from 48.6 million in 2012 to 260 million this year, a record high.

The GDP of Xinjiang has doubled from 0.84 trillion yuan in 2013 to 1.77 trillion yuan in 2022; The per capita disposable income of residents will increase from 13700 yuan in 2013 to 27000 yuan in 2022, with an average annual growth of more than 8%. In the first three quarters of this year, Xinjiang achieved a regional GDP of 1.36 trillion yuan. The growth rate of many economic indicators led the country. The "pocketbook" of the people of all ethnic groups has increased, and the right to development has been fully guaranteed.

More than 3 million rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty, and nine-year compulsory education has been fully covered. Four southern Xinjiang prefectures have implemented 15 years of free education from kindergarten to high school. The average life expectancy has increased from more than 30 years old at the beginning of the establishment of the autonomous region to 75.65 years old today, and the social rights of people of all ethnic groups have been unprecedented guaranteed.

"Practice shows that the development of human rights in Xinjiang is in line with China's national conditions, Xinjiang's reality, the ardent expectations of people of all ethnic groups, and more in line with the basic spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Elkem Tunyazi said.

Jiang Jianguo, Deputy Director of the National Committee of the CPPCC on Nationalities and Religions and Executive Vice President of the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies, said in the keynote speech on the same day that the Party committee and government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the Party's strategy for Xinjiang in the new era, unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups to work together to create a happy and beautiful life, It not only constructs an indispensable part of the overall puzzle of China's human rights story, but also writes Xinjiang's human rights story with its own characteristics.

In more than 10 days of research in Xinjiang, although it was freezing at a temperature of more than - 20 degrees Celsius, Chang Jian, director of the Human Rights Research Center of Nankai University, became more enthusiastic and warm.

In Yiwu County, Hami City, Nur Aili Kasmu, a post-90s youth, took over his father's camel cooperative. While trying to make his own pockets swell, he also led more than 100 villagers to become rich; In the Hami Intangible Cultural Heritage Center, a Hami Muqam performance team was specially set up to inherit this Uygur art treasure in practice; In Turpan, governments at all levels invested more than 100 million yuan to protect Karez; In Dixiang Jiayuan Community of the 12th Division of the Corps, grass-roots organizations provide free clinic, free scissors, medicine and food delivery for the elderly over 65 years old

"When walking north and south of Tianshan, what I heard, saw and felt was the continuous improvement of Xinjiang's human rights cause, the continuous improvement of the level of human rights protection, and the further consolidation of the political, economic and social foundations for protecting human rights," said Chang Jian.

Zuliati Simayi, Director General of the Education Department of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, brought the blue book "Report on the Protection of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Xinjiang" edited by her to the venue. This is the first "Xinjiang Human Rights Blue Book" published publicly when she was the vice president of Xinjiang University, after organizing experts and scholars to conduct field research in eight prefectures and cities, including Urumqi, Turpan and Kashgar, together with Southwest University of Political Science and Law.

"Based on the logical thinking of factual development, through theoretical paradigm, factual cases, and detailed analysis, we present the current situation of the legal protection of human rights of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang." Zulyati Simayi said that in the protection of intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities, the protection of people's labor rights, and the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly, women, and children, The research team has conducted detailed and reliable research and formed a special report.

"I'm not asked to work, but I want to work." In recent years, Professor Liang Yuchun, Dean of the Institute of Higher Studies of Nationalities and Society of Xinjiang Normal University, has been traveling to several major cotton producing counties such as Shaya, Kuqa, Xinhe, and Jiashi, tracking various links of cotton planting, harvesting, and closely observing the lives of farmers and harvesters. "We have traveled all over Xinjiang to plant cotton, and can't find a case of 'forced labor'. As long as we walk around this land, we can see how absurd their attack on Xinjiang is," Liang Yuchun said.

"Whether the shoes fit or not will be known only when you put them on." The people of Xinjiang have the most say in the human rights situation in Xinjiang. On the same day, more than 10 Xinjiang people born and raised in Xinjiang shared their love and expectations for their hometown.

Wu Manjiang Aili, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Xinjiang Normal University, grew up from undergraduate, master to doctor under the care of national policies, embarked on his beloved scientific research path, cultivated more than 30 doctors and more than 100 masters, and also took leadership positions. He said: "My growth experience is the successful practice and strong proof of Xinjiang's respect and protection of the human rights of ethnic minorities."

Maynur Niyazi, who is over 70 years old, is a senior expert of the People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. She was sent by the state to Japan to study at public expense. After finishing her studies, she resolutely returned to her hometown and devoted herself to carrying out cervical cancer screening and early diagnosis and treatment for rural women of all ethnic groups. She has completed more than 20000 malignant tumor operations and rescued more than 9000 critically ill patients. She said that Xinjiang's protection of women's rights and interests will never stop, and women of all ethnic groups' sense of gain, happiness and security will continue to increase.

Di Lixiati Parhati, head of the Xinjiang Muqam Art Troupe, witnessed the transformation of the Twelve Muqams from near extinction in the early days of liberation to a brilliant new era. In recent years, Xinjiang has set up a Muqam Art Troupe to train a large number of young talents who can sing Muqam and legislate specifically to protect Muqam... He said that without the support of the Party and the government, Muqam, a national treasure, could not shine in the new era.

Re Yida, a reporter of Xinjiang Daily, shared many warm moments of communication, exchange and intimacy among people of all ethnic groups she felt in Xinjiang; Maria Fulati, a reporter from Xinjiang Radio and TV Station, told the story of "Guli" who went out of their homes and grew up to be professional women

In photos, videos and stories, opinions collide and wisdom blend. "The people's happy life is the greatest human right" became the consensus of the participants.

Author: Shang Jie, Zhao Minghao

Source: Guangming Daily