CHINA DAILY Monday, August 31, 2020 | 5 CHINA Xinjiang rebuts claims about ‘racial genocide’

Growth of region’s Uygur population has jiang was around 15 newborns per Implementing the family plan­ all people: urban couples can have lization by the government — Ilijan 1,000 people. ning policy in Xinjiang was an two children and rural couples can Anayt, spokesman for the regional outpaced that of other groups, official says In 2018, it was around 10.7 new­ objective need for sustainable devel­ have three. government, said Zenz played tricks borns per 1,000 people, almost the opment that coordinated popula­ After implementing the policy in by inviting “actresses” to beef up his By ZHANG YI in Beijing and its findings went against aca­ same as the national level, she tion and economic, social and Xinjiang, pressure from a rapid rise claims. and MAO WEIHUA in Urumqi demic research methodologies and said. environmental resources, Mutalif in population was alleviated, and “The ‘actresses’ gave their ‘per­ the realities in Xinjiang. But the Uygur population’s birth­ said. the health of people, particularly formances’ in 80 percent of Xin­ The Uygur population in the Xin­ Between 2010 and 2018, Xin­ rate and natural growth rate were Xinjiang is an arid region with women and children, improved, jiang­related hype and obeyed the jiang Uygur autonomous region has jiang’s total population, ethnic higher than the overall figures for severe desertification problems. Its Mutalif said. orders of the ‘backstage directors’, increased under the law­based minorities population and Uygur Xinjiang and for the region’s Han average water yield per square kilo­ Population development trends making up new ‘lines’ every time,” implementation of the family plan­ population all rose, while its Han population, making allegations of meter was 48,300 cubic meters in indicate that higher socioeconomic Ilijan said. ning policy, with all rights of ethnic population registered just a meager “racial genocide” simply nonsense, 2018, only 16.7 percent of the national development levels are accompa­ “The reports related to those minorities protected, a Xinjiang increase, Tursunay told the news Tursunay said. level, according to official data. nied by greater self realization and ‘actresses’ are all fake news.” official told a news conference over conference in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s She said the decline in Xinjiang's In southern Xinjiang, farmland better prenatal and postnatal care, Tursunay said: “Adrian Zenz is the weekend. regional capital, on Saturday. population growth in 2018 was the has become a scarce resource due to with corresponding decreases in keen on making up lies on Xinjiang The remarks came after German The Uygur population’s growth result of the stricter implementa­ rapid population increase. In 2018, birthrate and population growth affairs and slandering China. His scholar Adrian Zenz recently pub­ rate — 25.04 percent — during that tion of the family planning policy, farmland per capita in the four pre­ rate, he added. earlier reports and remarks have lished a report that claimed Xin­ period was not only higher than the and also reflected economic and fectures in southern Xinjiang was Mutalif said Xinjiang’s birthrate, been proven to be false. jiang was using forced sterilization 13.99 percent for Xinjiang as a whole, social development and changing 68 percent of the world average. mortality rate and the population’s “This time he repeatedly ignored and coercive family planning but also higher than that of other attitudes to reproduction. To resolve the problems of water natural growth rate were all lower in the truth and facts of Xinjiang’s pop­ against Uygurs and other minorities ethnic groups, she said. The region’s Mutalif Roz, director of the and farmland allocation and 2018 than in 1978. ulation development and deliber­ in Xinjiang in an attempt to limit Han population rose just 2 percent. region’s health commission, said improve everyday life, Xinjiang As for women mentioned in the ately made up lies by saying their populations. Tursunay said that from 2010 to China’s family planning policy for needed to implement the policy, report — including Zamira Dawut, ‘Xinjiang is suppressing ethnic Tursunay Abdurehim, an official 2018, the birthrate and natural ethnic minorities was looser than Mutalif said. Mihrigul Tursun and Tursunay Zin­ minorities’ population growth’.” from Xinjiang’s Statistics Bureau, growth rate of Xinjiang’s population that for Han, and the country had In 2017, Xinjiang revised its popu­ avdin, who allegedly suffered said the report was biased, used both declined slightly. not formulated any such policy for a lation and family planning regula­ “unlawful detention” and were Contact the writers at incorrect data and cited fake cases, Before 2017, the birthrate in Xin­ single ethnic group. tions, extending the same policy to forced to undergo compulsory steri­ [email protected]

XIAOKANG@GRASSROOTS Treatment Wastelands turning into community parks in Chongqing of trash By TAN YINGZI downtown area. Instead of regular and DENG RUI in Chongqing afforestation, such as planting trees or grass, the Chongqing improved Every afternoon, Li Qingfang Municipal Commission of Plan­ and Zhou Zukang take their ning and Natural Resources adopt­ grandson to play at the nearby ed an innovative approach to turn in Beijing free community park, which was the wastelands into community opened to the public in January parks. last year. The Sports and Cultural Park of By DU JUAN The Sports and Cultural Park of Dashuijing Community was one of [email protected] Dashuijing Community in Chong­ the first projects to be completed. qing’s Jiangbei district used to be a “We took into consideration the In an effort to create a cleaner, large hillside covered with garbage geographical location, site condi­ prettier city, the Beijing municipal and overgrown weeds lying tions and the needs of the sur­ government has upgraded its waste between residential areas and the rounding residents and introduced treatment process as well as related main road. the concept of ‘mountain sports’, so construction projects and facilities “In the past, this hill was big this park can fully meet their need to improve the local environment. trouble for us,” said Li, who has for sports and recreation,” said Ma Jin, who lives near a refuse lived in the community for seven Zhang Yu from the municipal transfer station in the Zhouzhuang years. “The hill was so dirty, with planning and natural resources Jiayuan community in the capital’s lots of trash, and we had to make commission. Chaoyang district, said he used to a long detour to reach the bus The parks also combine ele­ suffer from the noise caused by gar­ stop.” ments of local culture and district bage trucks traveling to and from Now the wasteland has become a traditions. the station as well as bad smells. favorite place for residents like Li “Those parks are the common After upgrades were made at the who live in the low­income, reloca­ areas for people to communicate, Xiaowuji station in 2017, “the noise tion housing projects nearby. to learn, to relax and to exercise,” and smell both disappeared,” he “We finally have a good place to Zhang said. “These projects can not said. “The best thing is that the sta­ relax and exercise,” she said. only improve land utilization, but tion has provided cleaning services It is estimated that about 11,000 also enhance the quality of our for all the streets nearby. Thus, we families in the surrounding 10 com­ public space.” have a much better environment.” munities can enjoy the park. The sports and cultural park Li Zhongxu, who has lived in the It is no longer necessary for peo­ project has become an example of Children play in a community park in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area on July 22. community since 2015, said he used ple to go around the hill to reach the efforts to redevelop inefficient WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY to complain to authorities because bus stop. Now people can get there land by the Ministry of Natural the terrible odor prevented him simply by walking through the Resources. from opening his windows. park, which is accessible through and a children’s playground. the urban landscape. By the end of this year, Chong­ “I’m glad that the government has several gates. 92 There are also a 24­hour self­ser­ In 2018, in order to improve the qing will have built 92 sports and heard us and has made a difference, At the foot of the hill, people can vice community library and a book city’s image and people’s living cultural community parks serving which is even better than our expec­ play basketball and badminton. A community parks cafe in the park. environment, Chongqing rolled over 2 million people. tations,” Li said. winding walking trail leads to the will have been built by the end A mountainous city, Chongqing out a plan to erase those “bald Many people from various depart­ recreational areas on the top, where of this year in Chongqing, has a large amount of unusable, idle spots” in three years, including Contact the writers at serving over 2 million people. ments have played a role in such they can find fitness equipment land, which forms “bald spots” on 309 pieces of wasteland in the [email protected] upgrades. Cai Huashuai, deputy head of the facility department of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management, said Beijing has nine Upgrades making municipality’s Liangjiang New Area ‘smarter’ refuse transfer stations with a total treatment capacity of 11,200 metric By TAN YINGZI Liangjiang smart city plan to smart technology through confer­ tons a day. Xiaowuji can process and DENG RUI in Chongqing upgrade traditional manufacturing ences, exhibitions, summits and 2,000 tons a day. through big data and smart tech­ competitions. “From outside, you cannot even In 1988, Huang Zhonglu got a nology. Last year’s expo attracted more tell it's a building related to waste job as a welder for Chang’an Auto, A smart city is defined as an than 1,800 participants and 843 since the construction design helps the Chinese carmaker that had urban area that uses advanced companies from 28 countries and it to blend in with surrounding employed his father and grand­ information technology to promote regions. Participants included 13 buildings,” Cai said. “From the father. sustainable development. As the Nobel Prize laureates, four Turing inside, there have been many To prevent being burned by flying gateway to Southwest China and a Award winners, a number of For­ improvements made to effectively sparks, welders must wear thick major industrial base, Chongqing — tune 500 business leaders and tech avoid creating a bad smell.” clothes that cover the arms and located on the upper Yangtze River giants including Intel, Tencent, Bai­ The commission said the building ankles, even in the hottest weather. — has played important roles in the du, Alibaba and Xiaomi. was equipped with fast­rolling doors Collars and cuffs must be tightly country’s development, including as A pioneer in smart city develop­ for the trucks to use. All the waste closed, and goggles, protective a national defense manufacturing ment, the new area established its conveyor belts are now covered with masks and airtight headgear must area in the 1960s. digital economy industrial park by sealed cowlings, and the workshops be worn. Now, it has established one of the 2017. The park has attracted more have no windows. “Despite the protective meas­ world’s largest IT industrial clusters than 4,500 companies worth a com­ Xu Miao, deputy head of the ures, I still got several burn scars on and has become one of China’s big­ bined 146.7 billion yuan ($20.96 bil­ resource conservation and environ­ my legs and arms from welding,” gest auto manufacturing bases. lion) and its output value has mental protection department at Huang said. In 2010, the Liangjiang New Area grown by an average of 17.7 percent A staff member demonstrates a 5G bicycle racing game at a high­tech Beijing’s Development and Reform But the company began develop­ became the third national develop­ a year. park featuring 5G technology in Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing Commission, said the refuse transfer ing “smart” factories in recent years, ment zone to be established after Liangjiang International Cloud on July 22. WANG ZHUANGFEI / CHINA DAILY stations should reduce secondary and the technology has greatly the Shanghai Pudong and Tianjin Computing Industrial Park is one of pollution and traffic congestion. improved working conditions. Binhai new areas. Since then, it has the largest data center clusters in “In addition, the waste treatment In 2016, Chang’an installed more explored new approaches for inland western China. information technology to people’s reserving community services, pay­ and environmental sanitation work than 400 robots on the welding pro­ reform and opening­up. A traditional manufacturer, daily lives in 42 smart communities. ing fees and chatting with neigh­ should be conducted in a high­quality duction line at its new smart factory President Xi Jinping said in a Chang’an Auto, which boasts a 158­ At Longhu Yunding community, bors,” said Wu Lin, who moved to manner and offer safety and happi­ in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New congratulatory letter to the 2019 year history, is also upping its game residents can enter after having the community in January. “It’s so ness to the residents,” she said. “We Area. The robots not only weld but Smart China Expo that China in many areas, including self­driv­ their faces scanned by a facial rec­ useful, we cannot live without it.” should also spread the knowledge can perform automated tasks that attaches great importance to the ing technology. It will invest more ognition device, phones can con­ The new area is planning to and educate the public.” once needed to be done by a person, development of smart technology than 20 billion yuan to develop nect to Bluetooth in public areas to expand its smart community Xiaowuji holds a public open day from laser examinations to the and digitalization, and encourages smart cars over the next 10 years. play music, and a smart security project to every home and build a every Thursday so residents can visit movement of parts along the forward­looking, in­depth integra­ By 2025 all car functions will be system safeguards homes while the smart society by integrating data the workshop and learn how it assembly line. tion of the digital economy and able to be controlled by voice and owners are away. and services related to healthcare, works. Huang no longer works on the industries. vehicles using the latest autopilot A mobile phone application education, transportation, business, Beijing currently has a designed production line. He is now a robot The annual expo has been hosted systems will be mass produced, the developed by community manage­ public security and social services. waste treatment capacity of 32,711 welding technician, supervising the in Liangjiang since 2018 to show­ company said. ment is very popular with residents. tons a day. work and adjusting the machines. case new products, technologies, In addition to smart manufactur­ “You can do almost everything Contact the writers at His story is an example of the business formats and modes of ing, Liangjiang has introduced through the app — shopping, [email protected] Zhao Ming contributed to this story.