China News Service, Guangzhou, March 3 (Reporter Guo Jun) On March 3, during the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the online meeting on "Employment and Human Rights Protection in Xinjiang" was successfully held.

This side event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Office in Geneva, other international organizations in Switzerland, and the Chinese Society for Human Rights Studies, and hosted by Jinan University.

　　For a long time, the Chinese government has promoted the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to enter a well-off society with the whole country by implementing active labor and employment security policies.

On September 17, 2020, the State Council Information Office released a white paper entitled "Employment Security in Xinjiang", which stated that the total number of employees in Xinjiang increased from 11.352,400 to 13,301,200 from 2014 to 2019, an increase of 17.2%.

During the same period, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Xinjiang increased from 23,200 yuan to 34,700 yuan, an average annual increase of 8.6% in nominal terms, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents increased from 8,724 yuan to 13,100 yuan, representing an average annual increase of 8.9% in nominal terms.

The purpose of this side event was to clarify the basic implementation of Xinjiang's vigorous efforts to protect the employment rights of people of all ethnic groups, and to share the practical experience of the Chinese government in continuously expanding employment in border areas and continuously improving the concept of human rights development.

　　Zuliyati Simayi, vice president and professor of Xinjiang University, said that Xinjiang attaches great importance to labor and employment, expands employment in multiple ways and channels, optimizes the employment structure, enhances the occupational skills of workers, and protects all ethnic groups in strict accordance with laws and regulations. The people’s right to work and employment.

Through hard work, the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have achieved rapid changes in their lives from full to good food, from warm clothes to beautiful clothes.

　　Cao Yan, a researcher at the Institute of Human Rights of Northwest University of Political Science and Law, proposed that Xinjiang conscientiously implements various national labor policies and regulations, and has successively promulgated a number of local laws and regulations. Through local legislation, various active labor market policies and measures have been incorporated into the track of legalization. A relatively complete labor rights protection system.

The legal practice of labor and employment security in Xinjiang conforms to the Chinese Constitution and laws, conforms to international labor and human rights standards, and conforms to the strong desire of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to pursue a better life.

　　Shang Haiming, associate professor of the Institute of Human Rights of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, after combing through the relevant academic achievements of the United States and the West on Xinjiang labor rights issues since the 1990s, believes that the emergence of Xinjiang’s “forced labor” lies is a part of the West in the context of confrontation between China and the United States. The country's attempt to stigmatize China to compete for international discourse power is related to the long-standing ideological prejudice in Western society.

The so-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang is an exquisite lie fabricated by the United States and the West using their own discourse hegemony under the influence of ideological prejudice.

　　Nirobar Alti from the Communication Research Institute of Communication University of China shared his research results on "The Situation of Xinjiang Minority People Going to Work in Xinjiang".

Through an in-depth investigation of 5 enterprises that hire ethnic minority employees in Xinjiang, she believes that Xinjiang ethnic minority people's choice to work in Xinjiang is a voluntary choice and a practice in pursuit of a better life.

The rights of Xinjiang minority migrant workers are fully guaranteed, and the experience of migrant workers in Xinjiang is also of positive significance to them.

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