China News Service, Beijing, July 31st (Reporter Liu Dawei) The documentary "Starting to Happiness" was broadcast on China International Television (CGTN) and new media platforms on the 29th, telling the story of ordinary workers of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang creating a better life and realizing their lives through employment. dream.

In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 31st, many scholars said that people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to work in Xinjiang is a way to improve their living standards. It is a voluntary choice. The documentary has effectively responded to rumors such as the so-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang.

　　This 52-minute documentary, through 8 documentary stories, shows the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang working hard to improve their living standards, realize their self-worth, and develop together with all parts of the motherland. It objectively and truly reflects the effective protection of workers' rights by governments at all levels.

　　Zhou Weiping, a researcher at the Chinese Institute of Frontier Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that Xinjiang, especially southern Xinjiang, has a shortage of arable land resources, and the per capita arable land area is small. With the widespread use of modern agricultural technology, rural areas have released a large amount of surplus labor.

To solve the problem of surplus labor transfer, it is necessary to innovate the employment model and adjust the labor structure.

So there are three types of employment, "local employment", "relocation employment within Xinjiang," and "inter-provincial employment" seen in the documentary.

　　Zhou Weiping said that the transfer of rural labor force can effectively promote the increase of farmers' income, thereby promoting social and economic development, and provide guarantee for the future rural revitalization and Xinjiang's economic development.

A large number of rural laborers who go out to work have not only increased their income, but their professional and technical level has also been continuously improved. This virtuous circle has promoted the continuous increase of the scale of the labor force going out for work.

　　Li Changlin, a professor at the Institute of Human Rights of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, has been to Xinjiang many times.

He said that Xinjiang agricultural products, especially fruits and nuts, are of excellent quality and are very popular in the mainland. However, due to factors such as transportation and logistics, it is difficult for these agricultural products to be sold in large quantities to other places.

With the help of the local government, people in Xinjiang learned to use e-commerce platforms to sell agricultural products.

The local government encourages people to choose their own jobs, helps people without vocational skills to improve their employment skills and unblock employment channels, which can improve people's living conditions to a large extent.

　　For a period of time, rumors of the “forced labor” and “genocide” of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, especially the Uyghur people, have been rampant in the United States and the West, and there have even been incidents of boycotting Xinjiang cotton.

In this regard, Li Changlin said that the economic purpose of these rumors is to fear that Xinjiang’s products will participate in international competition, while the political purpose is to obstruct Xinjiang’s development and undermine national unity and national unity. They are not for the human rights of Xinjiang people at all.

This documentary allows people to see the truth in Xinjiang and is a powerful refutation of these rumors.

　　Zhou Weiping said that preventing Uyghur people from working is the greatest persecution and attack on them.

As we all know, happiness is created by working with hands.

Depriving ethnic minorities of their right to work does not deprive them of their right to happiness?

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