Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

From 2020 to 2023, Zheng also served on the board of Xinjiang Yellite Industry.

a maker of Chinese spirits controlled by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a state paramilitary organization with extensive business operations.

The group has been sanctioned by the United States for its role in implementing the party's policies in Xinjiang.

By the end of 2023, McDonald's had opened 19 outlets in four Xinjiang cities.

The state, state has tried to use fish farming, among other industries like cotton growing and tomato farming, to assimilate the non-Han ethnic minorities that predominate in Xinjiang, an effort that has also involved forced sterilization and the suppression of religious practices in native languages.

This assimilation has largely been overseen by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a corporate entity loosely tied to the Chinese army.

The corps is made up of former soldiers turned economic developers and has a notorious international reputation for its coercive tactics.

The US import so much seafood in large part because American aquaculture is subject to significant oversight and regulation to protect health, safety, and the environment.

Detained over farmers' grievances.

The police in Xinjiang detained Shi in January twenty twenty-four after he helped farmers in the Aksu area seeking redress for grievances involving the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, according to CHRD.

The XPCC is one of the CCP's regional paramilitary groups that is sanctioned by the United States over serious human rights violations such as forced labor.

Shi was accused of providing information about the farmers' grievances to overseas media outlets, including The Epoch Times and NTD.