China News Service, Urumqi, October 20. Xinjiang Development Research Center released the "Investigation Report on Employment of Ethnic Minorities in Xinjiang" (referred to as the "Investigation Report") on the 20th, stating that the employment of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang showed obvious voluntariness, autonomy and freedom. Sex.

  Recently, some think tanks in the West have issued reports claiming that there is a phenomenon of “large-scale forced labor” in Xinjiang, and some politicians have also loudly advocated the “Xinjiang forced labor theory”.

So, does Xinjiang have what they call "forced labor"?

With this question in mind, the Xinjiang Development Research Center invited relevant experts and scholars to investigate the employment situation of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

Tianshan Net published the research results.

  According to the "Investigation Report", in recent years, the four prefectures in southern Xinjiang (Kashgar area, Hotan area, Aksu area, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture) have developed rapidly in various industries, but they still cannot meet the employment needs of local people. The surplus labor force in urban and rural areas has set their sights on cities in northern Xinjiang and developed provinces and cities in the interior, which have higher wages, better working conditions and better living conditions.

  The desire of ethnic minority people to go out to work and find employment is also reflected in related research results.

According to the "Investigation Report", in recent years, many experts and scholars have studied the employment status of ethnic minority people in Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Nanjing, Dongguan, Xi'an and other places. Free, they voluntarily decide to go out to work, decide where to work, and freely choose what kind of work.

The investigation team did not find any words or similar expressions about "forced labor" in the relevant academic literature.

  The "Investigation Report" also stated that, in the past period, the spontaneous employment of ethnic minority people in Xinjiang has the "three lows" of low quality, low income, and low stability. The ethnic minority people hope that the government will play an active role to help them achieve employment. .

In a questionnaire survey of 100 ethnic minority farmers in each of Kashgar and Hotan areas, most of them hoped that the government would organize labor and employment for the people.

  Minority people's desire for the government to organize labor and employment has also been confirmed in related research results. Relevant research results agree that it is very necessary for government organizations to guide ethnic minority people to go out for employment. Some believe that the government should play a leading role to build a safer and broader platform for surplus rural laborers to go out for employment, and improve the public employment service system for ethnic minorities, such as public employment service agencies, labor security agencies, and migrant workers and businesses. Personnel service management workstations, etc., form a “four-in-one” work mode for out-of-town labor and employment of training, employment, service, and rights protection. Some researchers also suggested that the government of the exporting place should take the lead to organize a large-scale labor export to provide more employment opportunities for ethnic minority migrant workers. These suggestions clearly indicate that ethnic minority people hope to establish a government-led labor and employment mechanism, organize them to carry out training in employment skills and other aspects, and ensure that they are “transferred, driven and retained” for employment. (Finish)