Arabic Edition of Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights Launched in Cairo

On September 27 local time, the launch ceremony for the Arabic edition of Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights and the seminar on “Advancing Development Through Cooperation and Promoting Human Rights Through Development” was held in Cairo, capital of Egypt. The event was hosted by the China International Communications Group (CICG) and co-organized by the Foreign Languages Press and the CICG Center for Western Europe and Africa. Around 100 representatives from the political, academic, cultural, media, publishing, and other communities of China, Egypt, Sudan, Bahrain, Morocco, and the Arab League attended the event.

Gao Anming, vice president and editor-in-chief of the CICG, Essam Sharaf, former prime minister of Egypt, Zhang Tao, charge d’affaires of the Chinese embassy in Egypt, and Munir Al-Fassi, director of the Human Rights Department of the Arab League delivered speeches at the launch ceremony.

The Arabic edition of Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights is translated and published by the Foreign Languages Press. The book, featuring nine themes, includes a series of important discourses by Chinese President Xi Jinping on respecting and protecting human rights. In the event, Gao Anming, Essam Sharaf, Zhang Tao, and Ali Sharif, secretary-general of the Association of Arab-Chinese Friendship Societies, unveiled the Arabic edition of the book. Gao Anming and Zhang Tao presented the books to representatives from some Arab countries.

At the seminar, participants from China and Arab countries, including Yang Chunyan, editorial director of the Foreign Languages Press, Ezzat Saad, director of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA), Essam Sihha, member of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), Ikram Mohamed Saleh, professor of the Institute of Arab Research and Studies of the Arab League and the International Relations Department of Alzaiem Alazhari University in Sudan, Zhang Xiaoling, director of the Human Rights Research Center of the Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C., and Liu Huawen, executive director of the Human Rights Research Center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, exchanged views on the theme of “Advancing Development Through Cooperation and Promoting Human Rights Through Development”. Participants all believed that Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights not only systematically presents the outlook of human rights in contemporary China but also includes important suggestions and proposals regarding China’s active participation in and promotion of global human rights governance. It will guide the development of China’s human rights cause and make vital contributions to the development of global human rights. Additionally, participants held that one important view of Xi Jinping: On Respecting and Protecting Human Rights is to recognize the right to development as a fundamental human right, which is a significant supplement to humanity’s understanding of the right to development. Therefore, President Xi Jinping’s development philosophy is beneficial to developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

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September in Beijing means fashion week, with the opening ceremony kicking off on the night of the 15. The overall vibe at the ceremony was like that of many fashion shows, deep house music booming while models strut across the runway staring intensely into the camera at the end of the catwalk. But it began slightly different from most fashion shows, with models dressed in traditional Chinese attire reenacting what would seem like the scenes of everyday life in the streets of Shanghai 100 years ago.

Beijing is doing fashion a little differently this year. New styles are blending with traditional Chinese elements showcasing one-of-a-kind designs in front of historical Beijing landmarks like Qianmen Gate. In this video, American host Jack Klumpp and Evy Pinero attend fashion week for the first time. Jack gets an up-close look at the runway shows themed around the distinctive styles of different ethnic cultures like that of the Ewenkis and Tibetans. He also learns about the highlights and aspirations of Beijing Fashion Week from the event organizer Zhao Zhe.

Meanwhile, Evy heads down to the intangible cultural heritage workshop where she experiences the ancient Chinese design art of paper marbling and new fashion tech like a scanning device that can take one’s body measurements and generate one’s 3D model all in a matter of three seconds.

How is Beijing Fashion Week becoming a platform for hundreds of designers to showcase their creations? What will we see when traditional attire is reborn with elements of modern fashion?

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How do HSR drivers in China drive trains? How are containers loaded and unloaded at the port? How many technical professionals are there in China? Three bloggers, Kevin, Lily, and Daria, transformed into skilled talents and experienced a variety of unique occupations in China at the Second Vocational Skills Competition of the People’s Republic of China in Tianjin.

A total of 109 disciplines have been set up in this vocational skills competition, with a total of 4,045 competitors from all over China participating. They are selected from more than 100,000 participants. Among them, there are experienced “masters” and young “craftsmen” who are eager to create a new peak in their vocational skills.

In addition to traditional disciplines such as aircraft, automobile maintenance, tea art, baking, carpentry, and gardening, the competition also added new disciplines in digital technology skills, such as intelligent manufacturing engineering technology, IC engineering technology, AI engineering technology, VR engineering technology, and others related to new technologies and new occupations. The competition was fierce, and the players have all showed their mastery. The three bloggers at the competition praised the strong professional skills of Chinese craftsmen. Daria believes that the rapid development of China’s manufacturing industry is inseparable from these craftsmen. She is particularly optimistic about the future development of China’s vocational education, and hopes that more young people will become Talents with excellent vocational skills.

After four days of intense contest, 393 players from various provinces and cities in China won gold, silver and bronze medals in the competition. There were 62 disciplines as the qualification disciplines for the World Skills Competition. The winners will represent China in the 47th World Skills Competition to be held in Lyon, France in September next year. They will compete with global skilled talents and once again demonstrate the high level of professional and technological development in China.

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“The Yellow River culture is the root and soul of Chinese civilization. In China’s profound history, most of the changes from prehistoric development to various dynasties have taken the Yellow River basin as a stage. China’s agricultural origins and ideological beliefs have also taken their forms in the Yellow River basin.” At the “2023 World Great Rivers Civilizations Forum” held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province during September 16-18, Wang Wei, a member of the CAS faculty and chairman of the Society for Chinese Archaeology, explained the importance of the Yellow River culture to China.

With the topic “Mutual learning among civilizations · Jointly building a shared future”, four sub-forums were also set up under this event in addition to the main forum: “Diversity, exchange and mutual learning of great river civilizations of the world”, “Chinese civilization and the transmission as well as promotion of the culture regarding the Yellow River”, “Dialogue between Chinese civilization and world civilizations” and “Eco-protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin”. The purpose of the forum is to fully promote the culture of the Yellow River, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning among different world civilizations.

“Compared to the civilizations of other major countries in the world, Chinese civilization has three distinctive features: continuity, inclusivity, and diversification.” Wang Wei said that the history of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years has a clear context of development, an enduring civilization tradition, and outstanding continuity. At the same time, it absorbed many foreign civilizations and presented a process of absorption and renewed innovation.

“Many ancient civilizations in different regions of the world have spawned catchments of large rivers, but not all of the great river basins have cradled civilizations.” Professor Christoph Evans, Fellow of British Academy, believes that the emergence of civilization in the Yellow River basin went hand in hand with the emergence and development of agriculture, which laid the foundation for the development of agriculture to promote conditions for settlement and population growth. Liu Haiwang, director of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, fully agrees. He expressed that the origin of human civilization depends on the geographical environment, including the civilization of the Nile, the civilization of the Two Rivers, the Chinese civilization of the Yellow River and the Chinese civilization of the Yangtze River. “Agricultural civilization is the most fundamental feature of early Chinese civilization. ”

Wang Zhongjiang, executive director of Peking University’s Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, said, “Chinese culture has been an expanding process from ancient times to modern times. The rise of studies for numerous scholars in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period laid the foundation for the development of Chinese culture for thousands of years.”

In her speech, Herta Nagl-Docekal, professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna in Austria and a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, pointed out that cultural exchange between East and West focuses on the “search for similarities subject to differences”. An intensive exchange is not only about discovering differences, but also about finding common ground and finding our common concerns for the modern world as a whole.” She said that although there would be some differences between East and West, the important commonality between the two sides could not be ignored.