The First China-Africa Human Rights Seminar was held on Aug. 22 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, under the theme "Building the China-Africa Community with a Shared Future and Working Together to Realize the Right to Development."

The event brought together more than 200 policymakers, scholars, diplomats, and media representatives from China and Africa to explore ways to advance human rights, particularly the right to development.

Photo shows Jiang Jianguo, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC), vice-director of the Committee for Ethnic and Religious Affairs of the CPPCC and executive vice-president of the China Society for Human Rights Studies, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Photo shows Chen Hai, ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Photo shows Fekadu Tsega, director general of the Policy Studies Institute, Ethiopia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Photo shows Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt, former foreign minister of Mauritania and international consultant in Peace, Mediation and Investment in Africa, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Photo shows Jeddi Mowbray Armah, deputy minister for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liberia, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)

Photo shows Liu Hongwu, dean & professor of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony. (Photo provided by the organizers)