Biden administration expands forced labor ban, adds 37 Chinese companies to entity list

• The Biden administration added 37 Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, targeting firms involved in forced labor in Xinjiang, bringing the total to 144.
• Huafu Fashion, a major textile manufacturer, and 25 of its Xinjiang-based subsidiaries were added to the list, highlighting their involvement in forced labor practices.
• Eleven Chinese solar and mining companies were included in the list, targeting firms involved in mining critical minerals and manufacturing inputs for solar modules with polysilicon from Xinjiang.
• Reports by researchers and academics, such as Adrian Zenz, have provided evidence of the coercive nature of Xinjiang’s labor transfer programs and the continuation of forced labor practices.
• The EU is considering a bloc-wide ban on products made with forced labor, while the Chinese government continues to deny allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang.

Outgoing President Joe Biden’s administration has expanded its ban on imports from Chinese companies involved in human rights abuses to combat forced labor in Xinjiang, an autonomous territory in northwest China.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Biden administration added 37 companies in China to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List on Jan. 14. The new additions, effective last Jan. 15, include Huafu Fashion, one of the world’s largest textile manufacturers, along with 25 of its subsidiaries and 11 Chinese solar or mining companies. This expansion brings the total number of companies on the UFLPA Entity List to 144.

The UFLPA, enacted in December 2021, bans businesses from importing products from companies on the list unless they can prove that no forced labor was involved in the production. Homeland Security Secretary (HHS) Alejandro Mayorkas explained that the expanded list demonstrates the administration’s “relentless fight against the cruelty of forced labor.

Huafu Fashion, a key player in the textile industry, is highlighted for its extensive supply chain operations in Xinjiang, from cotton planting to yarn spinning and textile manufacturing. Among the 25 subsidiaries added to the list, 22 are located in Xinjiang, further cementing the company’s ties to the region’s forced labor practices.

Research by the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Britain’s Sheffield Hallam University has linked Huafu to state-sponsored labor transfer programs within and outside Xinjiang, raising serious concerns about the company’s compliance with international labor standards. (Related: Biden’s FAREWELL LECTURE criticizes abuse of power, misinformation, and the military industrial complex – everything his regime EXPLOITED every day for 4 years.)

The expansion of the UFLPA Entity List also targets companies involved in mining critical minerals and manufacturing inputs for solar modules with polysilicon from Xinjiang. These companies include Jiangsu Meike Solar Technology, Baotou Meike Silicon Energy and Xinjiang Energy (Group), among others.

Since the early 2000s, the Chinese regime has promoted labor transfer programs in Xinjiang, claiming they are aimed at poverty alleviation. However, researchers argue that these programs are coercive and serve more sinister purposes, such as reducing the density of the Uyghur population.

Adrian Zenz, a senior fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, has provided evidence that highlights the systemically coercive nature of Xinjiang’s labor transfer programs. These findings have further strengthened the case for the UFLPA Entity List and the need to address forced labor in Xinjiang.

Beijing keeps denying allegations of forced labor

In 2024, a report by Adrian Zenz, an academic sanctioned by Beijing, revealed that forced labor practices against the Uyghur ethnic group in China’s Xinjiang region are not only continuing but are intensifying.

According to the report, published in the Jamestown Foundation China Brief, “forced labor transfers” of Uyghur Muslim workers in 2023 “exceeded those from the previous year and surpassed state-mandated quotas.” The report details the expansion of the “Poverty Alleviation Through Labor Transfer program,” which is the only forced labor policy directly linked to the production of cotton, tomatoes and tomato products, peppers, seafood products, polysilicon for solar panels, lithium for electric vehicle batteries and aluminum for batteries, vehicle bodies and wheels.

Zenz described China’s industrial parks as “premier destinations for the most coercive forms of labor transfers and the forced work placements of re-education detainees.”

This new evidence is expected to intensify the debate in the European Union regarding a bloc-wide ban on imports of products made with forced labor. The ban, currently in its final stages of negotiation, would enable customs authorities in EU countries to remove products from the market if they are found to have been made using forced labor.

Despite the mounting evidence of forced labor, the Chinese regime has repeatedly denied such allegations, attributing them to “anti-China” individuals and organizations in the West.

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