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Is the 'Pair Up and Become Family' program designed to monitor ethnic minorities in Xinjiang?

The "Pair Up and Become Family" program is designed to monitor ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-05-19 15:20
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Local residents walk in a street at a scenic spot in the ancient city of Kashgar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

Full of ignorance of and bias against China, some people from the US and other Western countries have recently made groundless accusations against and disseminated many fallacies about China's human rights conditions concerning Xinjiang.

Here is one of the rumors they spread, and the fact.

Rumor: The "Pair Up and Become Family" program is designed to monitor ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

Fact: 

- Since 2016, an extensive ethnic unity campaign has been conducted among government officials and people of different ethnicities in Xinjiang. Some 1.1 million officials have paired up and made friends with 1.6 million local people, treating each other like family members. They have respected and helped each other, and forged deep bonds through close interactions. The officials leveraged their expertise to help local people explore ways to shake off poverty and address difficulties in their lives, such as access to medical services, job opportunities and education. The campaign, with its real, substantial benefits to the public, has been well received by the people of all ethnic groups.

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