April, 2000, Genevato the UN sub-committee behalf of the China Democracy Party Chairman and the sub-committee members, China Democracy Party is the first ever attempt in China to form an open, opposition party, to challenge 50 years of one party rule by the Communist. China Democracy Party was formed in 1998. Throughout the same year, it in establishing branches in more than twenty provinces in Chian. brave act of our party was carried out after the Chinese government had the two UN human rights covenants in 1998, pledging to the world of rights protection. , The Chinese government feared this development to the extreme. In of 1998 it arrested the key leaders of our party: Mr. Xu Wenli, Mr. Youcai and Mr. Qin Yongmin. Subsequently it arrested tens more of our throughout China and sentenced them all to long prison terms. , members of our party continue the fight for human rights and At the beginning of this year, the China Democracy Party outlined major positions in a declaration titled: “The China Democracy Party New Declaration” In this declaration, our party outlined our positions demands on political, economic and ideology reforms. In addition we put our principles on 14 major social issues facing China. Chairman, at the request of the China Democracy Party and with your , I would like to expound on the section on human rights of the declaration. position on human rights:communist came to power by its outright rejection of humanism and the of all private properties. The Chinese communist always use class and class dictatorship to suppress humanism. With their insistence class dictatorship, the universality of human rights can not be Chinese Communists’ first mention of human rights came after the June 4th of 1989. After 1989, China faced internal and external condemnations economic sanctions. Then China started reluctantly to talk in human terms. Yet, till today, it uses survival and development as rights in of its lack of political rights for its citizens. This kind of , in essence, is an admission that China is a primitive state. For the most primitive and barbaric state will not oppose the survival of subjects. In today’s world no advanced state will shirk away from its to protect the political rights of its citizens. fundamental reason of forming a government is for the welfare of its 200 years ago, the American forefathers had declared: the right to , freedom and the right to pursue happiness are the reasons people form among themselves. People have the right to change or even remove government should it harm the pursuit of these rights. people should regain their sense of being the true master of their In the past couple of years, the Chinese government signed the two covenants on human rights. We call for the early ratification of these two by the People’s Congress. China Democracy Party fully intends to its’ role as an opposition party. It will make sure the party in power out its obligations as required by the two UN covenants and that will shoulder its responsibility as expected by the international China Democracy Party strongly demands the Chinese Government to release its leaders Mr. Xu Wenli, Mr. Wang Youcai , and Mr. Qin We also call for the release of our leaders who were sentenced to prison terms in the second wave of crack down in 1999. They are Mr. Cha , Mr. Gao Hongming, Mr. Liu Sijun, Mr. Wu Yilong, Mr. Mao Qinxiang, Mr. Zhu Yufu. The release of other dissidents is also an important of ours. They are Mr. Hu Sigeng, Dr. Wang Ce., poet Yu Xinjiao, Mr. Min, and Mr. Jiang Qisen. We call for the immediate stop to further of our party, and of all dissidents. We also call for the stop to persecution of Fa Lun Gong and other religious groups and activities. do not advocate violence. On the other hand, we do not back down from thrown at us. Our endeavor is what history demands of us and is an inevitability. We are but the continuation of thousands who gone before us. To think that arrests and terror can stop us is to our time and where the world is heading. Mr. Cha Jianguo in his trial in Beijing, said: “China Democracy Party members are not afraid death. What then is the significance of a jail term to us?” exemplifies our righteousness and our confidence that truth is on our Chairman, we thank you and your sub-committee members for your concerns human rights in China and for the plights of the members of the China Party. 2000 a Party. 2000