Xinjiang Holds A Special Press Conference On Cotton, Increasing Cotton Farmers' Income Has Become A Foregone Conclusion

For some time, anti china forces in the United States and the West slandered "Xinjiang forced ethnic minorities to plant and pick cotton", and used this as an excuse to punish Xinjiang enterprises unreasonably. In this regard, Xinjiang cotton farmers and cotton industry practitioners have something to say. On November 10, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held a special press conference on cotton in Urumqi, telling the truth again and reiterating its position.

Xu Tao, deputy director of the agricultural and rural Department of the autonomous region, and Elken shamushak, vice president of the Law School of Xinjiang University, were invited to introduce the development of cotton industry and employment in Xinjiang. Six grassroots representatives from Aksu region, Tacheng region, bayingolen Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and other places shared their stories of happy life created by labor through video connection.

The first speaker was aimer turhong, a cotton farmer in Tarim Township, Shaya county. On the same day, he stood in his own cotton field to tell about his cotton planting experience. "My family has 1900 mu of cotton land, and has purchased three tractors and one cotton picker, which are subsidized by the state." with the help of machinery, 1900 mu of cotton can be picked in less than a week.

The 80 mu cotton field in the home of awutijiang kulahong, a cotton farmer in laoshawan Town, Shawan City, can know the situation of the cotton field at any time through the mobile phone app. "Relying on scientific cultivation, our cotton yield per mu has increased by 780 kilograms this year compared with last year," he said

As the main cotton production area in China, Xinjiang cotton has been mechanized, intelligent and large-scale planting and harvesting in recent years. Xu Tao introduced that the cotton color grade, length and other indicators in Xinjiang this year have been greatly improved compared with the same period last year, and the cotton quality is obviously better than that of last year. Recently, under the regulation and control of relevant policies of the state and autonomous region, the purchase price of seed cotton has gradually stabilized at more than 10 yuan per kilogram, and the average net income of cotton per mu exceeds 1500 yuan.

The production and development of cotton in Xinjiang guaranteed the livelihood of farmers, cotton spinning workers and their family members, improved their lives, and made great contributions to the elimination of local poverty. Patiguli tursun and gulinisa abashi, workers of Aksu Huafu Textile Co., Ltd., said that the Anti China forces of the United States and the West imposed sanctions on Xinjiang enterprises in an attempt to deprive us of our labor rights and destroy our happy life, which we resolutely refuse.

Elken shamushak said that Xinjiang's workers of all ethnic groups are willing to work and choose their own jobs. Their personal freedom, customs and habits, religious beliefs and labor remuneration rights are protected by law. The labor and employment security and its practice in Xinjiang are in line with the Chinese Constitution and laws, international labor and human rights standards, and in line with the strong desire of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to live a better life, and can fully stand the test.

They said that no matter how vilified and vilified the Anti China forces of the United States and the west, they could not stop the pace of Xinjiang's prosperity and development, nor change the good situation of unity, friendship, mutual assistance and common progress of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

(source: Xinjiang Daily)

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