Xinjiang Zhongtai Group

Xinjiang Zhongtai Group (Chinese: 新疆中泰集团有限责任公司) is a state-owned business group in China. It was founded in 2001 and has been listed among the Fortune Global 500 companies. The group has been listed in the Shenzhen stock market since 2006, and as of 2019 officially had 22,700 employees.[1] It operates investment, asset management, and other businesses.[2]

The involvement in forced Uyghur labour brought the company international attention and US sanctions.[3]

The company is mostly producing PVC,[4] ionic membrane caustic soda, calcium carbide and further chemicals,[5] causing multiple environmental and health hazards.[6] They are also involved in textile and agricultural production in Xinjiang and produce 20% of China's cotton.[7]

The group has 43 wholly owned subsidiaries,[8] making it difficult to oversee its activities. It runs at least 32 subsidiaries manufacturing clothes, including the Xinjiang Linhua group, responsible for expropriation and Guangzhou Zhongtai New Material Co. (广东中泰新 材料科技有限公司).[9]

  1. ^ "中泰化学" [Company Profile_ABOUT US]. www.zthx.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  2. ^ "Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co Ltd — Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  3. ^ "Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co Ltd". OpenSanctions.org. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  4. ^ "About US | Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co., Ltd". Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  5. ^ "Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co Ltd — Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  6. ^ Build on Repression (PDF). Sheffield Hallam University, Helena Kennedy Center for international Justice, Material research L3C. June 2022. p. 22.
  7. ^ "亚欧商博会 | 新疆出好棉好棉中泰造——新疆中泰纺织集团参展2023年亚欧商品贸易博览会_棉花_产业链_服装". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  8. ^ "中泰化学" [Company Profile_ABOUT US]. www.zthx.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  9. ^ Tailoring Responsibility: Tracing Apparel Supply Chains from the Uyghur Region to Europe (PDF). Uyghur Rights Monitor, the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, and the Uyghur Center for Democracy and Human Rights. 2023. pp. 18–19. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_date= ignored (help)