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XPCC meaning in General ? |
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Answer» What is Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps mean? The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (Chinese: 新疆生产建设兵团; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Shēngchǎn Jiànshè Bīngtuán), also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("The Corps"), is a unique state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. The XPCC has administrative authority over several medium-sized cities as well as settlements and farms in Xinjiang. It has its own administrative structure, fulfilling governmental functions such as healthcare, policing, judiciary, and education for areas under its jurisdiction. Nominally subject to the XUAR, its internal affairs, including the administration of its cities and reclaimed land, is separate from that of the Autonomous Region and under direct control of the central government. The XPCC has been described to operate as a "state within a state." The XPCC was founded by Wang Zhen in 1954 on orders from Mao Zedong, and Tao Zhiyue, a former Nationalist general who defected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949 to become the XPCC's first commander, a post he held until 1968. The stated goals of the XPCC are to develop frontier regions, promote economic development, ensure social stability and ethnic harmony, and consolidate border defense. In its 50-year history, the XPCC has built farms, towns, and cities, provided land and work for disbanded military units, and re-settled Han migrants from other parts of China into Xinjiang as part of a campaign of sinicization. The XPCC also participates in economic activities, and is known as the China Xinjian Group (中国新建集团公司). It has a number of publicly traded subsidiaries. In July 2020, the United States announced Global Magnitsky Act sanctions on XPCC in connection with human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. The XPCC is noted to be running many of the Xinjiang internment camps, as well as following the CCP's efforts to settle ethnic Han Chinese in Xinjiang. reference nan |
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