Xinjiang Development Research Center

  Work is the foundation of survival, the foundation of development, the source of happiness, and the necessary condition for creating a better life.

Adhering to social fairness and justice and striving to enable the majority of workers to achieve decent work and share the fruits of development is of great significance for winning the battle against poverty, achieving a comprehensive well-off, and enabling all people to achieve common prosperity.

  As an economically underdeveloped province, Xinjiang, China has always adhered to the people-centered development concept, taking the promotion of labor employment as the top priority, and insisting on the employment policy of combining independent employment of workers, market regulation of employment, government promotion of employment and encouragement of entrepreneurship, and implementation of an active The labor and employment policy has been adopted to increase employment through multiple channels, do everything possible to stabilize employment, and maximize the protection of laborers’ employment rights.

Formulated and promulgated the "Opinions of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee and Autonomous Region People's Government on Further Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship Work", "Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Employment and Entrepreneurship for the Current and Future Periods" and "The 13th Five-Year Plan" of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Documents such as the Employment Promotion Plan make systematic arrangements for promoting employment and safeguarding the rights and interests of workers, and provide solid institutional guarantees.

Focus on key labor and employment groups and deeply impoverished areas, guide people of all ethnic groups to find jobs in the vicinity, enter cities in an orderly manner and start their own businesses, and steadily expand the scale of employment.

To promote the supply-side structural reform as the main line, adhere to the improvement of the primary industry, focus on the secondary industry, and the development of the tertiary industry, cultivate and expand the characteristic and labor-intensive industries, guide the orderly flow of labor to the tertiary industry, and continue to optimize the employment structure .

Extensive implementation of the education project to benefit the people, active development of employment skills training, and continuous improvement of the ability and quality of workers, training and creating a new era of knowledge, skills, and innovative workers.

Through the implementation of economic and social development strategies that are conducive to expanding employment, the overall labor and employment situation in Xinjiang has been stabilized. It has achieved peace of mind, stability, and poverty alleviation. The material and cultural living standards of the people of all ethnic groups have been greatly improved. The sense of well-being and security are significantly enhanced.

  Xinjiang’s labor and employment security policy is in line with the United Nations’ proposition on enabling workers to enjoy decent work.

Since the 87th International Labour Conference first proposed the concept of "decent work" in 1999, until 2016, when the United Nations included "decent work" in the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, many countries including China have adopted Practical and effective measures will enable workers to achieve decent work and obtain comprehensive development.

Xinjiang actively follows international labor standards and strictly implements national laws and policies to ensure that workers of all ethnic groups work under conditions of freedom, equality, safety, and dignity, so that they can truly enjoy the right to choose their own occupations voluntarily, regardless of ethnicity, region, or gender. , Discrimination due to different religious beliefs, no restrictions due to urban and rural areas, industry, status, etc.

Xinjiang continues to improve the employment environment and workplace conditions for workers to ensure the safety of life and property of people of all ethnic groups in the labor process.

In addition, it pays attention to humanistic care and guides the company to actively cultivate a healthy and progressive corporate culture, so that every drop of sweat and every contribution of workers is respected, valued, and rewarded.

  Xinjiang’s labor and employment security policies are fully in line with Xinjiang’s reality.

Xinjiang is located in the northwestern frontier of China. For a long time, due to historical and natural factors, the socio-economic development has been relatively lagging. The four states in southern Xinjiang, in particular, are one of the deeply impoverished areas identified by the state, with harsh natural conditions and relatively economic development. Sluggishness, low market development, lagging development of industrialization and urbanization, prominent contradictions in the industrial structure, serious shortage of employment carrying capacity, and some rural laborers are idle.

In the past period, some people were influenced by the "three forces", rejected modern scientific knowledge, refused to learn and master employment skills, resulting in low education level, insufficient employability, and difficulties in getting rid of poverty and increasing income.

In recent years, with the in-depth implementation of a series of employment-benefit policies, the labor consciousness, entrepreneurial aspirations, and struggle spirit of the people of all ethnic groups have burst out. Many people have moved from the countryside to the cities, from the fields to the workshops, and from farmers to workers. Some became experts in corporate positions, technical backbones, some became managers, and some became bosses. The north and south of the Tianshan Mountains have formed a gratifying scene where every family has access, everyone has work, and earns monthly income. The days are getting more and more prosperous, the mood is getting more and more comfortable, and the smile is getting brighter and brighter.

  Xinjiang’s labor and employment security policy protects the labor rights of all ethnic groups to the maximum.

Xinjiang strictly implements the "Labor Law of the People's Republic of China", "Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China", "Employment Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China", "Labor Security Supervision Regulations" and other laws and regulations, including the establishment, operation, supervision, and mediation of labor relations. The track of the rule of law provides a solid legal guarantee for people of all ethnic groups to truly enjoy the right to work and employment.

Support workers of all ethnic groups to sign labor contracts with enterprises in accordance with the principles of equality, voluntariness and consensus, establish labor relations protected by law, and enjoy social insurance such as pension, medical care, unemployment, work injury, and maternity.

Fully implement the national policy requirements on establishing a normal wage increase mechanism for enterprise employees, improve the labor market wage guidance price system and industry labor cost information guidance system, and effectively protect the right of workers to receive remuneration.

Strictly implement the working hours system that workers work no more than 8 hours a day and an average work week no more than 44 hours. Employers must negotiate with labor unions and workers and pay corresponding remunerations for extending working hours due to production and business needs.

Ensure that workers enjoy the right to rest on statutory holidays and rest days such as Spring Festival, Rouzi Festival, and Gurbang Festival.

Fully respect and guarantee the right to freedom of religious belief for laborers of all ethnic groups. Religious laborers can conduct normal religious activities, and no organization or individual may interfere.

  Xinjiang's labor and employment security policy conforms to the strong wishes of the people of all ethnic groups.

Fully respect the willingness of the people of all ethnic groups to obtain employment, actively mobilize the initiative and initiative of workers, help them realize their employment potential, improve their vocational skills, and rely on their own efforts to achieve stable employment.

Continuously strengthen grass-roots public employment services, relying on information technology, extensively collect information on the supply and demand of employment units in and outside Xinjiang, and publish it in a timely manner through the human resources market, public employment service agencies, radio and television, and village community bulletin boards. Voluntary employment, free career choice, policy consultation, employment and unemployment registration, career guidance and job introduction, entrepreneurship training and other services.

Vigorously develop skills training, focusing on groups with employment difficulties such as surplus rural laborers, laid-off and unemployed people, and the disabled, and effectively improve their employability.

Seize the opportunity of the “Belt and Road” construction, improve the diversified industrial system, focus on expanding employment space, expand the scale of employment, and build a broad platform for employment for people of all ethnic groups.

From 2014 to 2019, the total number of laborers in Xinjiang increased from 11.352,400 to 13.301,200, an increase of 17.2%.

More and more people of all ethnic groups are creating happy lives and realizing their own development through hard work.

  For a period of time, out of ideological prejudice and the purpose of “using Xinjiang to control China”, anti-China forces in the United States and the West have wildly fabricated and spread the so-called fallacy of “large-scale forced labor” in Xinjiang, slandered and attacked Xinjiang’s labor and employment security work, and dealt with relevant Chinese companies. The adoption of restrictive measures is completely contrary to the facts, severely violates the moral and conscience of mankind, and is a naked act of bullying.

They fabricated lies and groundlessly accused China of its policies in governing Xinjiang, fully exposing their ugly face of wanton hegemonism and power politics, as well as their sinister intentions to curb Xinjiang's development and progress and provoke China's ethnic relations.

It must be solemnly pointed out that no force can stop Xinjiang's strenuous progress. The lives of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang will definitely get better and better, and Xinjiang will have a better tomorrow.

  (Writer: Xu Guixiang)