Zhu Hailun

Zhu Hailun (Chinese: 朱海仑; pinyin: Zhū Hǎilún; born January 1958) is a Chinese politician, serving since April 2016 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.[2] Zhu joined the Communist Party of China 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.[3] In October 2006 he was named a member of the regional Party 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.[4] In April 2016, he was named deputy party chief of Xinjiang.[5] According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Zhu had a major role on the strategic planning of the Xinjiang re-education camps.[2]

On July 9, 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]

See also

• China Cables
• Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act

References

1. Official CV of Zhu Hailun
2. Chavkin, Sasha (2019-11-24). "China Cables. Xinjiang's Architect of Mass Detention Zhu Hailun". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Retrieved 2019-11-24.
4. "乌鲁木齐市委书记栗智被免 朱海仑接任". Xinjing Bao. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
5. "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.
6. "The United States Imposes Sanctions and Visa Restrictions in Response to the Ongoing Human Rights Violations and Abuses in Xinjiang". United States Department of State. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
7. "US sanctions top Chinese official over Xinjiang crackdown". Al Jazeera. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
8. "US sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang 'violations'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.