TheInternationalSymposiumonOrientalCultureandHumanRightsDevelopmentwassuccessfullyheldbytheChinaSocietyforHumanRightsStudies(CSHRS)andChinaFoundationlotHumanRightsDevelopment(CFHRD)inBeijingonOctober29-31,2002.TheSymposiumfocusedonthefollowingthreetopics:theuniversalityofhumanrightsandculturalpersity,theorientalandwesterncultureandhumanrights,andcultureandhumanrightsintheglobalizationprocess.Thethree-daySymposiumattractedmorethan70scholars,experts,officialsandparliamentariansfrom26countries,includingAustralia,China,Cuba,Ethiopia,India,Indonesia,Iran,Japan,Republicof