China News Agency, Urumqi, December 4 (Hu Jiachen) "To produce labor in one's own fields, sow seeds in spring, and harvest fruits in autumn, does this need to be forced?" 3 This is what Japan said in Urumqi.

  On the same day, Xinjiang held a special press conference to refute "forced labor". Nine representatives including cotton farmers, heads of cotton textile enterprises, migrant workers, experts and scholars were invited to talk about labor and employment security in Xinjiang and refute the spread of anti-China forces in the United States and the West. The "forced labor" fallacy.

Data map: In the cotton fields in Kudelik Village, Bostenhu Township, Bohu County, Bazhou Prefecture, Xinjiang, cotton farmers use the new Beidou satellite navigation technology to start planting cotton at full capacity.

Photo by Nian Lei

  Mijiti Yimiti said that his family has 300 acres of land, which mainly grows cotton, and the harvest this year is particularly good.

"The yield per mu is more than 400 kilograms. We picked the cotton using machines and took less than 2 days to finish the cotton and got the money. A total of 138 tons of cotton were harvested, with a net income of more than 600,000 yuan (RMB, the same below). ."

  A month ago, Mijiti Yimiti bought a new car for his wife, and the family house was repainted.

"The whole family is very happy. I also plan to expand another 30 acres of cotton next year." Mijiti Yimiti said, "(someones) spread rumors in Xinjiang to force farmers to grow and pick cotton. They are trying to destroy us Xinjiang farmers. Rice bowl."

  Guli Ablimu, the host of the press conference that day, said that from the past to the present, there has been no “forced labor” in cotton picking in Xinjiang.

Previously, every time the cotton matured, cotton pickers signed labor contracts with cotton growers and received corresponding remuneration.

"In recent years, Xinjiang's cotton production has been highly mechanized, and there is no need for a large number of cotton pickers. In this case, do we need to'force' people to rob jobs with machines?"

  Reheman Yunus, a cotton farmer in Yuli County, said that since 2016, all his cotton fields have been harvested by machine.

"UAV spraying medicine, water and fertilizer integrated irrigation, and cotton picker harvesting make cotton planting easier and easier. This year, the net income of more than 200 tons of cotton is about 1 million yuan."

  "Working outside is to earn more money and live a better life. It has nothing to do with the'forced labor' that those overseas call it." Alimire Tursun from Kuqa City applied for the job last year to become Bole City, Xinjiang. Workers in a textile company.

She said: "I signed a labor contract with the company. The company provides free dormitories and a halal canteen. I can now get 4,800 yuan a month."

  Wuyinbat, general manager of Xinjiang Jintaihe Textile Co., Ltd., said that his company has Han, Uygur, Kazakh, Hui, and Mongolian employees, all of whom apply voluntarily.

"Employees sign labor contracts with the company, and their rights and interests are protected in accordance with the law. The company provides them with free board and lodging, and organizes various cultural and sports activities in their spare time to enrich the lives of employees."

  Guli Abulimu said that from planting to picking and processing, there is no "forced labor" in Xinjiang's cotton industry.

The anti-China forces in the United States and the West concocted this rumor with the aim of suppressing the cotton textile industry in Xinjiang, depriving migrant workers of all ethnic groups of their employment rights, and undermining their happy lives.

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