China News Service, Beijing, October 21 (Reporter Chen Xiaoyuan) Xu Jianying, Zhang Yonghe and other Mainland Chinese scholars said in an interview with China News Agency reporters that the willingness of Xinjiang people to work in the interior has increased in recent years.
The accusation by some Western politicians and think tanks that "there is large-scale forced labor in Xinjiang" is to contain China's development.
Xu Jianying, director of the Xinjiang Research Office of the Chinese Institute of Frontier Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that some Western politicians and think tanks have recently discredited Xinjiang’s employment situation. It has emerged in the context of the United States’ containment of China’s development. It has a strong political tendency and is an attempt to discredit a minority of China. Ethnic policies disrupt Xinjiang’s society and contain China’s development.
Xu Jianying pointed out that some Western countries headed by the United States rarely have scholars and think tanks to investigate and study Xinjiang, and their understanding of Xinjiang is very incomplete.
They imagined it out of thin air, or regarded the rumors of the "East Turkistan" separatist forces as facts.
Zhang Yonghe, executive dean of the Institute of Human Rights of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, believes that the West's smearing of employment in Xinjiang is the product of prejudice and hostility.
They attempt to confuse the public, discredit China internationally, and incite hostility towards China by people who do not know the truth. The fundamental purpose is to create obstacles to China's peaceful development.
The Information Office of the State Council of China issued a white paper on "Employment Security in Xinjiang" on the 17th of last month.
On the 20th of this month, the Xinjiang Development Research Center released the "Investigation Report on Employment of Ethnic Minorities in Xinjiang."
Xu Jianying believes that the relevant white paper and survey report objectively introduce the employment situation of Xinjiang people.
He pointed out that in the early years, the employment rate of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang was low in modern factories, and there were many surplus labors.
However, in recent years, with the development of Xinjiang's industry and the strengthening of exchanges with the mainland, the employment rate of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang is getting higher and higher.
Xu Jianying has visited Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places many times for investigations. In recent years, in addition to nearby employment, Xinjiang people also have more and more migrant employment and employment outside Xinjiang.
Especially with the increasing degree of education and knowledge in the Mainland, the willingness to work in the Mainland is increasing.
Xu Jianying also discovered during research that some ethnic minority youths in Xinjiang who work abroad have a rich and colorful life. They also chase stars, travel, and pursue fashion in their spare time. They are not as closed as some people in the West imagine.
Zhang Yonghe also conducted special investigations.
He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, efforts have been intensified to fight poverty.
In order to eliminate poverty in southern Xinjiang, the government supports willing laborers to work in other places.
Their monthly income has increased a lot and they have gotten rid of poverty.
Zhang Yonghe said that the development of Xinjiang should not have "blind spots" for Western politicians, but they do not want to face it squarely or turn a blind eye. If they continue to "pretend to sleep", then any truth is meaningless to them. (Finish)