新疆的人口发展（英）

　　3."Parent-child separation"
　　Anti-China forces have created a fabrication that Xinjiang has set up boarding schools to deal with the fallout of its massive internment cam-paign and seeks to preempt any possibility on the part of Uygur parents,relatives or community members to recover their children,so as 'to create "intergenerational separation" and "assimilate" the Uygurs.
　　China's Constitution stipulates-that citizens shall have the right and the obligation to receive education.The Education Law further provides that citizens shall enjoy equal opportunity of education regardless of their ethnicity,race,gender,occupation,property,religious belief,etc.The Compulsory Education Law states that where necessary,the people's gov-ernment at the county level may set up boarding schools so as to ensure that the school-age children and adolescents who are dwelling in scattered areas receive compulsory education.
　　Establishing boarding schools is a standard practice in China's com-pulsory education.In 2020,there were nearly 11 million primary school boarders across the country,accounting for about 10 percent of the total number of primary school students,and there were 23 million middle
　　school boarders,or nearly 47 percent of the total number of middle school students.
　　The vast land of Xinjiang covers a total area of 1,664,900 sq km.
　　Villages and towns are far from each other and residents in some farming and pastoral areas are sparsely distributed,making the daily travel be-
　　tween home and school very difficult for students who live at a distance.
　　Boarding schools can help consolidate universal access to compul-sory education and promote balanced education.They are conducive to
　　concentrating superior education resources and ensuring teaching quality.
　　They can also greatly alleviate the burden on students' families.Boarders live at school from Monday to Friday and at home on weekends and holi-days.They can ask for leave whenever necessary.It iS up to students'families to decide whether to board or not.Claims of "parent-child sepa-ration" are a gross distortion of facts.
　　4.66Cultural genocide"
　　Anti-China forces claim that Xinjiang's efforts to promote standard Chinese represent a campaign of "cultural genocide",and that they are a means of "ethnic assimilation",designed to eliminate the spoken and written languages and cultural traditions of ethnic minorities.
　　The standard language of a country is a symbol of its sovereignty.Every citizen has the right and obligation to learn and use the standard language.This is true not only in China but also in the rest of the world.Learning and using the standard language helps different ethnic groups to communicate,develop and progress.
　　The Chinese government works hard to promote the use of standard Chinese,but it also protects by law the freedom of ethnic groups to use and develop their own spoken and written languages.China's Educa-tion Law prescribes that in ethnic autonomous areas,"schools and other educational institutions dominated by ethnic minority students shall,ac-cording to the actual circumstances,use the standard spoken and written Chinese language and the spoken and written languages of their respec-tive ethnicities or the spoken and written language commonly used by the local ethnicities to implement bilingual education".
　　While carrying out the teaching of standard Chinese,Xinjiang also provides Uygur,Kazak,Kirgiz,Mongolian,Xibe and other language courses at primary and secondary schools,thereby ensuring the right of ethnic minorities to learn and use their own languages and effectively protecting their languages and cultures.Ethnic minority languages are ex-tensively used in such areas as education,judicature,administration and public affairs.
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　　A healthy population is essential for the existence and development of human society. All economic and social activities are closely related to population. Its growth infiuences economic and social development，and national security and prosperity.
　　Lying in northwest China and central Eurasia，Xinjiang has been a place inhabited by multiple ethnic groups since ancient times. In 60 BC，the Westem Han Dynasty established the Western Regions Frontier Com-mand to govern the Xinjiang area，officially incorporating the area into the Chinese territory. Over the following 2，000 years and more，various ethnic groups have emerged，divided and mixed there. Today they live to-
　　gether in harmony and have formed a diverse unity.
　　Work to remedy the backward economic and social situation in Xin-jiang began immediately after the founding of the People's Republic of China （PRC） in 1949. The population of Xinjiang，particularly that ofits ethnic minorities，has grown fast in both size and quality，and life ex-pectancy has seen a substantial increase. Today，the region enjoys rapid growth in all areas and a stable and secure society. The ethnic groups there live in peace and contentment，and its population is experiencing healthy and balanced development.

Preface
Ⅰ．Population Growth in Xinjiang
Ⅱ．Latest Demographics ofXinjiang
Ⅲ．Demographic Changes in the Uygur Population
Ⅳ．Factors Contributing to Xinjiang's Demographic Development
Ⅴ．Xinjiang's Population Prospects
Ⅵ．Falsehoods Fabricated by Anti-China Forces
Conclusion