The Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this month that it’s restricting imports from three Chinese companies for engaging in forced labor activities involving minority groups in Xinjiang, China.
The Chinese businesses were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the total number of entities designated for such activities to 30 companies.
“DHS has prioritized enforcement, and we will continue to pursue companies that ignore the law and exploit those abused in the People’s Republic of China,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
The three companies added to the entity list are COFCO Sugar Holding Co., Ltd., Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Anhui Xinya New Materials Co., Ltd.
DHS said the companies participated in government-sponsored labor transfer programs where they recruited and transferred persecuted minorities from Xinjiang to work at their production facilities.
According to a Chinese news outlet, Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group participated in organized labor transfers in September 2017 in which thousands of workers were transferred to work at various production facilities, Kharon found. The Chinese news outlet also reported in 2022 that the company at the time continued to employ over 300 Uyghur workers from Awati county in Xinjiang.
Kharon also found that Jingweida, which produces magnetic devices, advertises on its website partnerships with several Chinese tech companies including Dahua, Hikvision and Fiberhome, which were added to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) Entity List for being implicated in "China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups” in Xinjiang.
Meanwhile, Anhui Xinya New Materials, which makes fiber yarns and other textile materials, participated in a 2017 labor transfer program where 300 workers from Xinjiang were transferred to the company workshops, according to a local media report.
Since last year, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reviewed over 6,000 shipments valued at more than $2 billion under the UFLPA, the DHS noted.
The Chinese businesses were added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the total number of entities designated for such activities to 30 companies.
“DHS has prioritized enforcement, and we will continue to pursue companies that ignore the law and exploit those abused in the People’s Republic of China,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
The three companies added to the entity list are COFCO Sugar Holding Co., Ltd., Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group Co., Ltd., and Anhui Xinya New Materials Co., Ltd.
DHS said the companies participated in government-sponsored labor transfer programs where they recruited and transferred persecuted minorities from Xinjiang to work at their production facilities.
According to a Chinese news outlet, Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group participated in organized labor transfers in September 2017 in which thousands of workers were transferred to work at various production facilities, Kharon found. The Chinese news outlet also reported in 2022 that the company at the time continued to employ over 300 Uyghur workers from Awati county in Xinjiang.
Kharon also found that Jingweida, which produces magnetic devices, advertises on its website partnerships with several Chinese tech companies including Dahua, Hikvision and Fiberhome, which were added to the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) Entity List for being implicated in "China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups” in Xinjiang.
Meanwhile, Anhui Xinya New Materials, which makes fiber yarns and other textile materials, participated in a 2017 labor transfer program where 300 workers from Xinjiang were transferred to the company workshops, according to a local media report.
Since last year, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reviewed over 6,000 shipments valued at more than $2 billion under the UFLPA, the DHS noted.
