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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
FINDINGS 6
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7
INTRODUCTION 8
THE PRC'S CAMPAIGN OF REPRESSION IN THE UYGHUR REGION 8
CORPORATE PARTICIPATION IN REPRESSION IN THE UYGHUR REGION 9
FRAMING OPPRESSION AS DEVELOPMENT 10
THE 'CIRCULAR ECONOMY' AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 12
FINANCING OPPRESSION 14
DFI INVESTMENTS IN THE UYGHUR REGION 14
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS IN TIMES OF CRISIS 14
IFC'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 17
WHY IFC'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS MATTER FOR THE CRISIS IN THE UYGHUR REGION 20
INVESTMENTS IN THE UYGHUR REGION 22
CHENGUANG BIOTECH GROUP CO., LTD. (晨光生物科技集团股份有限公司) 24
RISK OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS VIOLATIONS 25
IFC'S RESPONSE TO CONCERNS 30
SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RISK 31
CAMEL GROUP CO., LTD. (骆驼集团股份有限公司) 31
RISK OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS VIOLATIONS 32
IFC'S RESPONSE TO CONCERNS 39
SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RISK 39
CENTURY SUNSHINE GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD. (世紀陽光集團控股有限公司) 40
RISK OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS VIOLATIONS 41
SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RISK 46
JOINTOWN PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD. (九州通医药集团股份有限公司) 47
RISK OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS VIOLATIONS 47
IFC'S RESPONSE TO CONCERNS 50
SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE STANDARDS RISK 50
IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 51
TABLE 1. Development Finance Institutions with Known or Potential Links to the Uyghur Region 15
TABLE 2. IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability 19
TABLE 3. IFC Performance Standards Risk of Violation 23
FIGURE 1. Uyghur man transferring land with thumbprint, unable to write a signature 11
FIGURE 2. International Finance Corporations Performance Standards 18
FIGURE 3. Two men rake harvested marigolds destined for Chenguang 26
FIGURE 4. Five members of a labor task force work to "educate" a single female farmer to plant marigolds 26
FIGURE 5. 2015, 2019, 2021 land conversions in Bostan (eliminating forests and family gardens; instituting monocropping, detail of 8 acres 27
FIGURE 6. Chenguang Bio Marigold Planting Base 28
FIGURE 7. Uyghur farmers harvest marigolds for Chenguang 28
FIGURE 8. Migrant workers from southern Xinjiang swear an oath before being taken to work at Camel Group and other Turpan companies 33
FIGURE 9. Migrant workers from southern Xinjiang in "handover ceremony" to Camel Group and other Turpan companies 34
FIGURE 10. Camel Group wastewater monitoring report 36
FIGURE 11. 2010 imagery shows three Karez systems north of the future Camel facility. 2019 imagery shows their remnants, only... 37
FIGURE 12. Soil monitoring points in the community (red pins). Nearest communities named in blue text boxes with blue markers.... 38
FIGURE 13. Young "surplus laborers" arrive at Hami train station for assignment in Yizhou enterprises 42
FIGURE 14. Xinjiang Tengxiang workers on the facility floor, wearing tennis shoes and little protective equipment. Note fire on factory... 43
FIGURE 15. Xinjiang Tenxiang Magnesium operations (yellow outline) 46
FIGURE 16/FIGURE 17. Jointown Urumqi facility and carceral growth 2002, 2007, 2013, 2018, 2020 and 2021 (left to right). Yellow polygons are... 49