Human Rights in Xinjiang

Xinhuanet.com June 20

On June 17, the White House announced that U.S. President Donald Trump had signed the so-called Uygur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, which has triggered outrage in China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China and other authorities have firmly opposed the so-called act.

It slanders and groundlessly criticizes the human rights situation in Xinjiang as well as its counter-terrorism and de-radicalization efforts that have ensured Xinjiang’s stability and development.

Since the establishment of the autonomous region in northwest China on October 1, 1955, it has taken remarkable strides in economic and social development. Through efforts including establishing vocational education and training centers and fighting terrorism and extremism in accordance with the law, terrorist activities have been effectively curbed and people’s rights to life, health and development safeguarded.

In the past three years, per-capita income in Xinjiang has grown at an average annual rate of over 8 percent, exceeding other provinces, autonomous regions