China News Agency, Beijing, February 15th: Who has the most say on the human rights situation in Xinjiang?
Author Zuliyati Simayi Kashgar University Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President
For a period of time, the United States and the West have continued to hype Xinjiang-related issues and concocted a series of Xinjiang-related lies, focusing on "forced labor", "forced transfer of land", and "cultural invasion" to slander Xinjiang's human rights achievements.
People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang know best about the human rights situation in Xinjiang, China, and they have the most say.
In recent years, Xinjiang's economy has continued to develop, its society is harmonious and stable, and people's livelihood has been continuously improved. People of all ethnic groups have a significantly enhanced sense of gain, happiness, and security. The achievements in human rights and economic and social development are obvious to all.
The Western countries headed by the United States monopolize international public opinion and make false reports on China's human rights development in order to realize their strategic intention of containing and comprehensively suppressing China.
Its suppression of Xinjiang industries on the grounds of so-called "forced labor" is depriving people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang of their right to employment and labor; The right to survival and the right to development.
Realize self-worth in free, decent and happy labor
Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood, and it is the first need for workers to obtain remuneration, obtain a basic sense of security, and realize self-worth.
Rumors attack workers in Xinjiang as "forced to relocate for employment," claiming that companies "rely on coercion rather than voluntary" in recruiting employees.
In fact, employment is a two-way choice between enterprises and laborers, and a market behavior with reasonable flow, which cannot be changed through "coercion".
Xinjiang fully protects the rights of people of all ethnic groups to work independently and choose jobs voluntarily.
In the recruitment process, Xinjiang enterprises mainly select the best candidates on the basis of equality and voluntariness through online recruitment, offline recruitment and employee recommendation, and sign employment contracts with job seekers.
From January to May 2022, with the expansion of enterprises' demand for employment, 263,000 new urban jobs will be created in Xinjiang.
In addition, according to the needs of the labor market, Xinjiang has actively carried out basic labor quality training and "order-specific job orientation" employment skills training. In 2021, 2.214 million person-times of various vocational skills training will be carried out, providing more career choices for people in need of employment.
In January 2023, employees of the cotton spinning factory of Xinjiang Taichang Industrial Co., Ltd. were working on the production process.
Photo by Que Hure
In Xinjiang, the legal rights and interests of employees of all ethnic groups are fully protected, and they have realized free, decent and happy work.
Through full employment, the income level of the people has increased significantly.
In the first half of 2022, the per capita disposable income of Xinjiang residents was 10,748 yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.
Among them, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 19,791 yuan, an increase of 5.1%; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 2,495 yuan, an increase of 7.2%.
People of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment through labor and enjoy the beautiful life they have created. This is a true portrayal of the development and progress of Xinjiang's human rights cause.
In December 2022, Xinjiang special fruits in the Food Street of Jiefang South Road, Yining City, Xinjiang.
Photo by Hu Qingming
Respect farmers' wishes, promote land circulation and increase economic benefits
Land transfer refers to the transfer of land use rights. Farmers who have land contractual management rights transfer their land management rights to other farmers or economic organizations in order to obtain subcontract fees, rents, transfer fees, etc.
The transfer of rural land contractual management rights can take the form of subcontracting, leasing, swapping, and equity participation according to the needs of both parties to the transfer.
This method can make full use of rural land, increase the land output rate and increase farmers' income at the same time, which is widely welcomed by farmers of all ethnic groups.
Rumors have slandered it as a "forced transfer of land", that is, "land ownership has been transferred", and also claimed that this move "leaves people without land and sufficient income".
Land circulation is conducive to liberating the surplus rural labor force to go to enterprises to earn money or to start a business freely. At the same time, it can realize the optimal allocation and combination of production factors such as land, labor, capital, technology, and information, which is conducive to the development of moderate-scale operations. Promote the adjustment and optimization of the agricultural structure, maximize the value of land production capacity, and enable villagers to achieve both wealth and double income at their doorstep.
A nearly 70-year-old man in Nijingzi Village, Wushitala Township, Heshuo County, Xinjiang is one of the beneficiaries of land transfer.
In the past, his main source of income was the family's 30 mu of land and a meager pension. After contracting out the land in 2021, he can earn more than 40,000 yuan a year based on this alone. The elderly have more time to develop breeding in the courtyard.
Counting the one-year land contract fee and breeding income, the annual income is nearly 60,000 yuan.
In recent years, Xinjiang has aimed to develop moderate-scale land management, prevent non-agricultural and non-plantation tendencies in land transfers, fully respect the wishes of farmers, further give play to the fundamental and decisive role of the market, and comprehensively promote the lawful land management. , orderly and scientific circulation.
As the land contract fee increases day by day, more and more farmers and herdsmen feel the benefits brought by land transfer and join the ranks of land transfer.
In January 2023, Nardos Bahetibek, a herdsman in Fuhai County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, put forage for the camels in his backyard.
Photo by Liu Xin
Cultures of ethnic minorities flourish and develop through exchanges
The rich and colorful minority cultures are the jewels in the treasure house of Chinese culture.
Xinjiang is rich in cultural heritage, and the excellent traditional cultures of various ethnic groups have been bred and grown in the embrace of Chinese culture and are an important part of Chinese culture.
There are so-called "reports" that falsely claim that cultural exchanges in Xinjiang are "Han culture invasion".
Cultural invasion refers to an act of conquest by a country or nation on another country or nation through cultural transformation and ideological transformation.
In fact, the ethnic cultures of the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang have not been "transformed", but have been protected and spread.
In February 2023, people of all ethnic groups gathered in the small square in front of Chaoyang Pavilion, People's Park, Urumqi, Xinjiang, to dance the merry Maixilaifu dance.
Photo by Liu Xin
Xinjiang attaches great importance to the excavation, inheritance and protection of the excellent traditional cultures of all ethnic groups, and promotes the common prosperity and development of all ethnic cultures. It has passed the "Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Implementing the "Regulations on the Protection of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China"" and "Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Regulations " and other local regulations provide important legal guarantees for the protection of cultural heritage.
In addition, all ethnic groups have representative intangible cultural heritage items included in the national or autonomous region intangible cultural heritage list.
The Uyghur Muqam art and the Kirgiz epic "Manas" were included in UNESCO's "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" list".
In October 2021, the Xinjiang Art Museum in Urumqi, Xinjiang, a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage, will perform the Kirgiz heroic epic "Manas".
Photo by Liu Xin
Xinjiang attaches great importance to the protection and inheritance of the traditional culture of ethnic minorities, and vigorously develops the ancient local traditional crafts.
Take Jiayi Musical Instrument Village in Xinhe County, Aksu Prefecture as an example. The musical instrument production in this village has a history of more than 300 years.
Relying on ancestral handicrafts, every household in the village is related to musical instrument making, or they work in musical instrument cooperatives, or run musical instrument workshops or open musical instrument stores at home.
The village has also become a well-known well-off village.
At the 70th Xinjiang-related press conference in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, villager Baihetiyar Amati introduced the actual situation of villagers getting rich through musical instruments. There are 7 musical instrument production cooperatives in the village, and one-third of the more than 300 households in the village One is engaged in the production of musical instruments, and can produce more than 20 kinds of national musical instruments.
In 2021, the sales income of musical instruments in the whole village will be more than 10 million yuan.
At present, the musical instrument industrial park in the village has more than 70 employees, and its products are exported to more than 10 countries and regions in Europe and Asia. The annual income of musical instrument craftsmen reaches 50,000 to 100,000 yuan.
Through the production, promotion, and sale of ethnic musical instruments, the villagers have enjoyed "tourism rice" and "musical instrument rice", and the days are getting better and better.
Clean energy development promotes green development in Xinjiang
With the development of modern industry, the global energy crisis and air pollution problems have become increasingly prominent. More and more countries are turning their attention from traditional fuel energy to renewable energy, trying to explore a new path of green development.
Photovoltaic power generation is a common form of utilization of solar energy resources. Xinjiang's solar energy resource reserves rank second in the country, and it has the natural advantage of developing photovoltaic power generation.
Rumors attack Xinjiang's green energy development based on "high carbon emissions" and "will pay a higher price."
In fact, the development of photovoltaic power generation in Xinjiang is not only conducive to energy conservation and environmental protection, but also benefits people of all ethnic groups.
Xinjiang's photovoltaic power generation has no input and zero emissions during operation, and it is a completely low-carbon and green energy source.
The power generation system will not produce any carbon emissions during operation. The shading of photovoltaic modules can reduce the evaporation of shallow soil moisture in the photovoltaic power station and reduce the temperature difference between day and night on the surface of the ground.
These conditions help to conserve soil moisture and nourish microorganisms and vegetation, and play a positive role in improving the local ecological environment.
Photovoltaic power generation facilitates the production and life of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
In January 2023, a corner of the Xinjiang Energy Hami Yandun Wind-solar Hybrid Power Station was photographed in Yizhou District, Hami City, Xinjiang.
Photo by Cai Zengle
"China Electric Power News" reported an example when introducing the development achievements of Xinjiang's power grid in the past ten years. At the Tao Xiaonang Industrial Base in Silk Road Jiayuan, Akto County, all 750 naan pits are electric naan pits, with an annual replacement capacity of 3.6 million kWh, which is equivalent to reducing the burning of standard coal by more than 1,400 tons.
With photovoltaic power generation, people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang will have stable power support, and Zhou Renzhen, who runs Mujiale in Qiongkushitai Village, is one of the beneficiaries.
After the village was connected to a large network of electricity, he redecorated the guest rooms and purchased electrical appliances such as TVs, water heaters, and disinfection cabinets. Mujiale's business is getting better and better.
People of all ethnic groups live together, study together, work together and enjoy themselves together
Xinjiang has always been an area inhabited by many ethnic groups. In every historical period, a large number of people of various ethnic groups entered and left Xinjiang. They are the common pioneers of Xinjiang.
The various ethnic groups living in Xinjiang have formed a relationship where blood is thicker than water and share weal and woe through exchanges and integration, unity and cohesion, and common forge ahead.
Rumors claimed that Xinjiang companies had "racial discrimination" in recruitment, and even suggested that the International Finance Corporation and other development financing institutions should assume in advance that "all companies in Xinjiang participated in genocide."
In fact, there is no phenomenon of ethnic minorities being oppressed in Xinjiang at all. People of all ethnic groups have long formed an ethnic relationship of equality, unity, mutual assistance, and harmony in their production and life.
On the first day of the new year in 2023, policemen and citizens put up window grilles in Fuyun County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Photo by Wang Youbo
People of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang equally enjoy the opportunity to shine in life and make their dreams come true.
The media once specifically reported on the deeds of Uighur youth Jesul Ablikum growing up in an enterprise.
He joined Xinjiang Goldwind Technology Co., Ltd. after graduating from a bachelor’s degree. He was assigned to an assembly plant for a six-month internship. Different types of jobs are rotated in ministries and other departments.
After years of diligent and conscientious work, he was promoted to be the deputy general manager of Xinjiang Headquarters Base, and was recommended by the company to study at Tsinghua University.
He lamented that employees of all ethnic groups in the company are equal, and there is no discrimination or privilege. As long as you work hard, no matter who you are, you can realize your dreams.
Jesul said that the company is very concerned about the work and life of minority employees, and distributes gifts to them on national holidays to express condolences. At the same time, it also distributes meal tickets internally according to the living habits of ethnic minorities. All employees can take these meal tickets to the surrounding areas of the company. Designated restaurants to eat.
"The relationship between our colleagues is very good. When we are free, our Han colleagues learn Uyghur from me." Jesul hopes that the society can pass on and carry forward the positive energy of the unity and development of all ethnic groups.
Lies and prejudice cannot cover up the hard facts.
Over the years, we have conducted field research in many places in northern and southern Xinjiang. We have seen Xinjiang with rapid economic growth, cultural prosperity, increasingly perfect infrastructure, and good ecology. We have also seen the beautiful lives of people of all ethnic groups in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
This is the real Xinjiang.
(End) (Guo Qing, a graduate student of Xinjiang University, also contributed to this article)
About the Author:
Zuliyati Simayi, female, Uyghur, currently the deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of Kashgar University (in charge of administrative work), doctor of law, professor, doctoral supervisor, chief expert of Xinjiang University's research base for building the consciousness of the Chinese nation community, National Philosophy and Social Science Leading Talents of the "Ten Thousand People Program", Cultural Famous Experts of the Central Propaganda Department and "Four Groups" Talents.