On June 13, 2025, Director-General of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences of the Foreign Ministry Shen Bo and Deputy Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service Paola Pampaloni co-chaired the China-EU Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels. Representatives from China's judicial, public security, and ethnic affairs departments attended the dialogue. During the dialogue, the Chinese side fully elaborated on China's development path and human rights philosophy, introduced the country's achievements in economic and social development, and stated China's position and propositions on global human rights governance. The Chinese side protested against the China-related contents in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2024 recently released by the EU, emphasizing that affairs related to Xinjiang, Xizang and Hong Kong as well as individual judicial cases are purely China's internal affairs that brook no external interference. China asked the EU to earnestly respect China's human rights development path and achievements in human rights protection, to stop politicizing human rights issues and applying double standards, and to refrain from engaging in confrontations and megaphone diplomacy on multilateral platforms. In response to the EU's groundless accusations against China's judicial procedure, labor rights and issues related to ethnic groups and regions, the Chinese side refuted these allegations and clarified the facts. During the dialogue, the Chinese side pointed out serious human rights issues that exist in EU countries, including regression in democracy and freedom, neglect of economic, social and cultural rights, infringement on the rights of refugees and immigrants, racial discrimination, religious hatred, social division, judicial unfairness, and police violence, and asked the EU to take measures to address these issues.

Both sides believed that this dialogue is candid and in-depth and conducive to further understanding. Both sides also expressed readiness to explore exchanges and cooperation on multilateral human rights platforms in areas such as economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the protection of the rights of women and people with disabilities.

From June 11 to 12, the Chinese delegation, at the invitation of the EU side, visited ethnic minority communities in northern Italy to learn about local autonomy and multilingual education.