Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, addresses the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

The opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Saad Alfarargi, special rapporteur on the right to development of the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Tom Zwart, professor of human rights law at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the convener of the Cross-cultural Human Rights Network, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yldiz Deborah Pollack-Beighle, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Suriname, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the South-South Human Rights Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 7, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]