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Sept. 19, 2018 -- The 2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights is held in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 18, 2018. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
Sept. 19, 2018 -- Themed “Poverty Elimination: Seeking Common Development to Build a Community of Shared Future for Human Beings,” the two-day forum aims to facilitate international cooperation on human rights protection and experience sharing.
First held in 2008, this year's forum is the ninth of its kind and jointly hosted by China Society for Human Rights Studies and China Foundation for Human Rights Development. More than 200 officials, scholars and personages from about 50 countries, regions and international organizations attended.
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Xu Lin, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and minister of the State Council Information Office, presides over the opening ceremony. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- 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, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Qiangba Puncog, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of 12th China`s National People`s Congress and president of China Society for Human Rights Studies, gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Huang Mengfu,vice-chairman of the National Committee of the 11th Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of China Foundation for Human Rights Development, gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Sima Samar, chairwoman of Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Zhang Jun, assistant minister of Foreign Affairs of the People`s Republic China, gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Lord Neil Forbes Davidson, parliamentarian of House of Lords of the United Kindom, gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
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Sept. 19, 2018 -- Benjamin Davis, leader of Strategic Programme on Rural Poverty Reduction (SP3), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the forum. [Photo by Guo Tianhu/China.org.cn]
