Zhu Hailun Explained

Office1:Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Term Start1:January 2019
Term End1:February 2021
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Shewket Imin
Office2:Communist Party Secretary of Ürümqi
Term Start2:September 2009
Term End2:May 2016
Deputy2:Jërullah HesamidinIlham Sabir (mayor)
Predecessor2:Li Zhi
Office3:Secretary of the Xinjiang Regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission
Term Start3:May 2016
Term End3:January 2019
Successor3:Wang Junzheng
Term Start4:October 2006
Term End4:September 2009
Office5:Communist Party Secretary of Hetian Prefecture
Term Start5:December 2003
Term End5:October 2006
Predecessor5:Wang Jinggan
Zhu Hailun
Native Name:朱海仑
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1958 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Lianshui County, Zhejiang, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Zhū Hǎilún

Zhu Hailun (; born 1 January 1958) is a retired Chinese politician who was the current vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Previously he served as the deputy party secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Between 2009 and 2016, Zhu was the party chief of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region.[1]

Biography

Zhu, who is a member of China's ethnic Han majority, was born in Lianshui County, Jiangsu. In 1975, Zhu was sent to Kargilik County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang in the Down to the Countryside Movement. Zhu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1980. He attended school at the Xinjiang Party School. He served successively as the party chief of Kashgar (county-level city), deputy party chief and later party chief of Hotan. By the 1990s, he was fluent in the Uyghur language.[2] In October 2006, he was named a member of the regional CCP Standing Committee and the head of the regional Political and Legal Affairs Commission, an important post overseeing internal security and law enforcement. In September 2009, he was named party chief of Urumqi after months of unrest in the capital.[3] In April 2016, he was named deputy party chief of Xinjiang.[4] According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Zhu had a major role on the strategic planning of the Xinjiang internment camps.[5]

On 9 July 2020, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced that Zhu Hailun and his immediate family members were ineligible for entry into the United States due to Zhu's involvement in gross violations of human rights.[6] [7] [8]

On 22 March 2021, Zhu was sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom. The Council cited his involvement in the internment camps in Xinjiang, noting that "as Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (2016 to 2019), Zhu Hailun was responsible for maintaining internal security and law enforcement in the XUAR. As such, he held a key political position in charge of overseeing and implementing a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities. Zhu Hailun has been described as the 'architect' of this programme. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities." As a second reason for adding him to the sanctions list, the EU added that "as Deputy Head of the 13th People’s Congress of the XUAR (2019 to February 2021), Zhu Hailun continued to exercise a decisive influence in the XUAR where the large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities continues."[9] [10] [11] [12]

Zhu is also on the Canadian Consolidated Sanctions List.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official CV of Zhu Hailun . 2015-09-01 . 2014-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122005/http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201111/24/t20111124_22864811.shtml . dead .
  2. Web site: The man behind China's detention of 1 million Muslims. .
  3. Web site: 2012-05-01 . 乌鲁木齐市委书记栗智被免 朱海仑接任 . Xinjing Bao . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502033030/http://news.bjnews.com.cn/news/2009/0906/43189.shtml . May 2, 2014 .
  4. News: 乌鲁木齐市委书记朱海仑兼任新疆自治区党委副书记. Caixin. March 25, 2016.
  5. Web site: China Cables. Xinjiang's Architect of Mass Detention Zhu Hailun. Chavkin. Sasha. 2019-11-24. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). 2019-11-24.
  6. Web site: The United States Imposes Sanctions and Visa Restrictions in Response to the Ongoing Human Rights Violations and Abuses in Xinjiang. 9 July 2020. 10 July 2020. United States Department of State.
  7. Web site: US sanctions top Chinese official over Xinjiang crackdown. 10 July 2020. 10 July 2020. Al Jazeera.
  8. Web site: US sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang 'violations'. www.bbc.com. 7 July 2020.
  9. Web site: EU imposes further sanctions over serious violations of human rights around the world. 2021-03-22. www.consilium.europa.eu. en.
  10. Web site: 22 March 2021. Official Journal of the European Union (22 March 2021). 22 March 2021. eur-lex-europa.eu.
  11. Web site: 2021-03-22. EU imposes sanctions on four Chinese officials. 2021-03-22. POLITICO. en-US.
  12. News: Brunnstrom . Robin Emmott, David . 2021-03-22 . West sanctions China over Xinjiang abuses, Beijing hits back at EU . en . Reuters . 2021-03-22.
  13. Web site: Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List. 19 October 2015.