On December 12, 2023, China and Russia held consultations on human rights affairs in Beijing. Special Representative for Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Yang XiaoKun co-chaired the consultations with Director of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Grigory Evguenievich Lukiyantsev. The two sides also had an exchange of views on issues of mutual interest and concern in the field of multilateral human rights.