The United States sanction three Xinjiang companies on the grounds of compulsory labor

The United States has included three Xinjiang enterprises in a ban on importing sanctions on the grounds that their business behavior involves the forced labor of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Land and Security Agency said in a statement on Tuesday (September 27) that Xinjiang Tiane Cotton Textile Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Tianshan Mao Textile Co., Ltd. and Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co., Ltd.Responsible companies are included in the list of entities to prevent Uyghur labor laws, so that the total number of entities on the list reaches 27.

Statement said that the three companies were identified to cooperate with the Xinjiang government to recruit, transport, hide, nest or use the Uyghur, Kazakhs, Gilgis or other members of the persecution group to force them to work.

Alejandro Mayorkas, Minister of Land and Security, said in a statement that the United States cannot tolerate "those companies that use forced labor and trample on personal human rights for profit."

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act is a regulations adopted by the United States in 2021 and in June 2022, which is intended to combat forced labor.The regulation stipulates that it is prohibited from the production of the products produced in Xinjiang or the company produced by the list listed to the United States, unless importers can prove that these products are not produced with forced labor.

According to the Ministry of Land and Safety, Xinjiang Tiandong Textile Co., Ltd. produces yarn and other textile products, Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co., Ltd. produces and sells polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other textiles, chemicals andBuilding materials, Xinjiang Tianshan Mao Textile Co., Ltd. sells cashmere and wool clothing products.The headquarters of these three companies are located in Xinjiang.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security also included savings battery developer Camel Group, natural pigment and spice manufacturer Chenguang Biotechnology Group on the grounds of suspected participation in Xinjiang forced labor.French entity list.

The West, headed by the United States and China, has played a fierce game around Xinjiang's human rights issues in recent years.The West accused China of implementing "racial extinction" and "forced labor" in Xinjiang, and established "concentration camps", and imprisoned the population of minority ethnic groups such as millions of Uyghur people, while Beijing denied all relevant allegations.