Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2021年新疆棉花争议事件" in Chinese language version.
By Oct. 8, 2018, Aksu and Hotan prefectures alone had sent 210,000 seasonal rural surplus laborers via the labor transfer mechanism to XPCC regions. This indicates that even the highly mechanized XPCC cotton plantations (which in that year had a mechanization share of 80.4 percent) still require a large amount of manpower.
I asked BCI about this shortly after the statement disappeared (right as the H&M protest in China was beginning). They said their policy was unchanged, they took down the statement in response to DDoS attacks and would eventually "repost relevant information"
By Oct. 8, 2018, Aksu and Hotan prefectures alone had sent 210,000 seasonal rural surplus laborers via the labor transfer mechanism to XPCC regions. This indicates that even the highly mechanized XPCC cotton plantations (which in that year had a mechanization share of 80.4 percent) still require a large amount of manpower.
I asked BCI about this shortly after the statement disappeared (right as the H&M protest in China was beginning). They said their policy was unchanged, they took down the statement in response to DDoS attacks and would eventually "repost relevant information"