Car manufacturers still use supplies from forced labor. Uighurs, members of other minorities and human rights organizations have been reporting for years that hundreds of thousands of people in Xinjiang have been put into re-education camps against their will.
The Chinese government denies these allegations. Volkswagen announced that it takes its responsibility as a company in the area of human rights very seriously worldwide - including in China. "We not only set high standards in the Volkswagen Group, but also work along the supply chains to adhere to these values," said a spokesman.