China News Service, Urumqi, January 7th. The latest research report shows that the growth rate of the Uyghur population is higher than that of the entire Xinjiang population, it is also higher than the growth rate of the population of other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and it is significantly higher than the growth rate of the Han population.

In recent years, the population of Hotan, Aksu, Kashgar, and Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture (four prefectures in southern Xinjiang) in southern Xinjiang has grown the fastest.

　　On the 7th, Xinjiang Tianshan Network published the "Analysis Report on Population Changes in Xinjiang" (referred to as the "Report"), which sorted out the population changes in Xinjiang, analyzed the total population of Xinjiang, the population of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, especially the Uyghur population. the reason.

　　According to the "Report", the population problem in Xinjiang has attracted much attention recently.

In particular, German anti-China scholar Adrian Zenz cites data from unknown sources to piece together the so-called "Sterilization, IUD, and Compulsory Family Planning: The CCP's Campaign to Suppress the Uyghur Population's Birth Rate in Xinjiang", claiming that " Xinjiang’s natural population growth has dropped sharply,” slandering Xinjiang’s so-called “compulsory sterilization” problem.

　　According to statistics, at the time of China's first census in 1953, the total population of Xinjiang was 4,873,600. At the sixth census in 2010, the total population of Xinjiang was 21,815,800, an increase of nearly 3.3 times in 57 years.

In recent years, the total population of Xinjiang has continued to grow steadily. Statistics show that from 2010 to 2018, the population of ethnic minorities and Uyghurs in Xinjiang has grown steadily, while the population of Han in Xinjiang has increased slightly.

In terms of population, from 2010 to 2018, the permanent population of Xinjiang rose from 21,815,800 to 24,867,600, an increase of 3.0518 million or 13.99%.

Among them: the ethnic minority population rose from 12,985,900 to 15,860,800, an increase of 2,874,900, an increase of 22.14%; from the perspective of ethnicity, from 2010 to 2018, the Uyghur population rose from 10,171,500 to 1,278,400, an increase of 254.69 10,000 people, an increase of 25.04%; the Han population rose from 8,829,900 to 9,006,800, an increase of 176,900, an increase of 2.0%.

　　The growth rate of the Uyghur population is not only higher than the growth rate of the entire Xinjiang population, but also higher than the growth rate of the population of other ethnic minorities, and even more significantly higher than the growth rate of the Han population.

In terms of growth area, from 2010 to 2018, the population of the four prefectures in southern Xinjiang increased from 8.951 million to 10.355 million, an increase of 1.404 million, an increase of 13.55 percent.

　　The above data shows that since the founding of New China, the total population of Xinjiang, the population of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and the Uyghur population in particular have maintained rapid growth. The Uyghur population in southern Xinjiang has increased significantly. The "Report" believes that the reasons can be summarized as follows Several aspects.

　　First, Xinjiang has long implemented a policy of differentiation between the people and Han people.

The Chinese government has adopted legal forms to advocate the implementation of family planning among the population of all ethnic groups. At the same time, from the perspective of the coordinated and sustainable development of ethnic minority populations, the regulations on the number of children born to ethnic minorities are different from those of Han ethnic groups. The fertility rate has always been at a relatively high level in China.

　　Second, the improvement of medical and health standards has drastically reduced population mortality.

The physical fitness of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang has been greatly improved, especially the health care level of women and children.

In 2015, the average life expectancy of Xinjiang people has reached 74.82 years.

　　Third, the implementation of the family planning policy is not in place, resulting in a large number of unplanned populations.

Affected by various factors, the implementation of family planning policies in southern Xinjiang, such as Kashgar and Hotan, has long been difficult to promote and implement, resulting in excessive population growth in the region.

Some people’s fertility concepts and cognitions have not yet changed and are bound by extreme religious ideologies. They are resistant to the family planning policy. The phenomenon of early marriage and bigamy is serious, and family planning behaviors continue to occur. Pay more attention to service than management; the overall strength of family planning cadres is relatively weak, which seriously affects the implementation of family planning policies.

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