URUMQI: In the course of promoting human rights, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has prioritized people’s right to social stability and utilized its fruit as the foundation to propel all-around advances in the economic, cultural, social and religious development of all ethnic groups, experts said.
“Xinjiang has not seen any violent terrorist incidents for nearly seven consecutive years, enhancing the public’s sense of security to an unprecedented level,” said Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of the regional government, who attributed it to law-based governance and the normalization of counter-terrorism efforts in the region.
He made the remarks on Wednesday at a conference sharing ideas and stories on promoting the high-quality development of the human rights cause in Xinjiang within the Chinese modernization drive, where the first blue book on Xinjiang’s human rights and legal protections was also released.
In alignment with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Xinjiang’s achievements in human rights meet the expectations and aspirations of residents and are an indispensable component of China’s human rights cause, said Jiang Jianguo, deputy director of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee.
Jiang emphasized that the crackdown on violent terrorism, ethnic separatism and religious extremism was one of the characteristics of Xinjiang’s human rights stories. In addition, Xinjiang’s endeavors toward poverty alleviation, which benefited around 3 million rural residents, the harmonious coexistence of various ethnic groups and respect toward the freedom of religious belief also figured prominently. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
