Correspondence
Email sent to the contact address for Xinjiang Tianyun Organic Agriculture Co. Ltd.
The email said that the United Nations, human rights organizations and academic experts agree that since 2018, the Chinese government has systematically subjected Xinjiang’s predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities to forced labor across the country via state-sanctioned employment schemes which use coercive methods in worker enrollment, and obstruct freedom to leave employment. Xinjiang Tianyun has signed a distribution deal with Dalian Rich, whose international customers include companies in the U.S., where the importation of goods produced from state-imposed forced labor is prohibited. The Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Law, signed in December 2021, prohibits the import of goods manufactured in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region unless the importer can prove that the goods were not produced using forced labor. The email asked for comment.