Even as Xinjiang’s textile industry continues to expand despite international sanctions, the Chinese government consistently frames its regional labor transfers as voluntary initiatives for poverty alleviation.
However, new firsthand testimony from a former regional police officer directly contradicts this narrative, providing overwhelming evidence to substantiate long-standing allegations of state-imposed forced labor. His account details the coercive nature of these deployments, confirming that global apparel and other supply chains face systemic and unavoidable compliance risks.
The witness, a Han Chinese police officer who served in southern Xinjiang’s Uyghur heartland from 2014 to 2023, directly supervised forced labor deployments to the region’s cotton fields across two harvest seasons. In his role, he personally transported detainees to over 50 prisons and detention centers. Mr. Zhang provided extensive documentation and photographic evidence corroborating his service history. His account describes, in granular operational detail, the coercive mechanisms that Beijing continues to frame as voluntary poverty alleviation programs.
Despite international trade sanctions and heightened corporate scrutiny, forced labor transfers in Xinjiang continue to expand, including in its textile and garment sectors. According to officials, Xinjiang’s textile sector created 46,800 new jobs in 2025 alone, with yarn output rising over 20 percent and fabric production increasing 36...
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