About 20 deputies to the National People's Congress from the Hong Kong area will visit Xinjiang this month. They have initially formed a group, but the itinerary and quarantine arrangements have not been 100% determined, and they must be discussed with relevant mainland authorities.
However, vocational skills education and training centers (called "re-education camps" by the outside world) and Xinjiang cotton factories are the places that the group members focus on and most want to visit.
No trips in the past three years
In the past three years, the deputies to the Hong Kong People's Congress have planned to organize a delegation to Xinjiang, but in 2019 it was cancelled due to social events, and in the past two years, the trip was not possible due to the epidemic.
Ma Fengguo, head of the Hong Kong People's Congress delegation, replied to the inquiry that the group has been initially formed and is expected to depart in mid-August and return to Hong Kong in late August. Team leader.
At present, due to the quarantine issue, there is no final decision. For example, whether to isolate at home for a few days and then go to the mainland for isolation or other options, the exact number of isolation days, the details of the itinerary, etc., still need to be discussed with the relevant mainland authorities.
Ma Fengguo pointed out that in the past three years, the group has not been able to form a group, so many deputies to the National People's Congress enthusiastically signed up, hoping that the trip will eventually take place. Many of them specifically pointed out that they want to inspect the cotton production process in Xinjiang and the "re-education camp". The itinerary is to be decided by the mainland authorities.
Ye Guoqian, a representative of the Hong Kong People's Congress who has signed up, said that he is expected to leave on August 12, but the itinerary needs to be arranged by the relevant authorities. Indeed, Xinjiang cotton factories and "re-education camps" are places that many people want to visit. Some social They will try to go wherever they are concerned.
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Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, also said that he has signed up to participate. He mentioned that the trip has been impossible for the past two years due to the epidemic. Recently, he learned that the local government gave the green light to allow them to go. Everyone is looking forward to it, especially this year is the last year of the term of the current National People's Congress.
He pointed out that what he has heard so far is that he has to stay at home in Hong Kong for a few days, similar to the "point-to-point" arrangement on the eve of the July 1st celebration, and then go to Shenzhen for a week of isolation before leaving for Xinjiang.
After the trip, he will go directly to Beijing to attend the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress at the end of the month.
Tan Yaozong pointed out that the Western society has some smears about the situation in Xinjiang, which is quite unreliable. If the deputies of the National People's Congress have the opportunity to go to the relevant places to learn about it and listen to the introduction of the person in charge of the mainland, they should be able to publicize and explain to the outside world more effectively after returning to Hong Kong, which will help " Tell the Xinjiang story well,” refuting the false accusations.
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