Why are the rights to subsistence and development the primary basic human rights, while the rights to life and equality are not?

China believes that the right to subsistence and development are the primary human rights. Without them, all other human rights are out of the question. This is China's basic view on human rights.

The right to subsistence and the right to development are the primary human rights, which is the basic conclusion reached by the people of China on the issue of human rights from their own history and national conditions. The people of China have suffered from foreign aggression and colonial rule for a long time, and their national sovereignty has been lost, and their society is in turmoil. The people are miserable, hungry and cold, and have no dignity. The people of China are well aware that without national independence and the safety of people's lives, all other human rights cannot be discussed.

The view that the right to subsistence and the right to development are the primary human rights accords with the history and national conditions of developing countries. Historically, fighting for the independence and survival of the country and the nation is the first human rights issue that the people of the colonial and semi-colonial third world countries must solve.