-- A group of migrant workers from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has debunked the "forced labor" claims with their own experiences of working in Guangdong Province in south China.

-- Their experiences have been included in a recently published report titled "'Forced Labor' or 'Pursuit of A Better Life'? An Investigation of Xinjiang Minority Workers' Employment in Guangdong, China."

-- The report shows that the surveyed Xinjiang workers have chosen to work in Guangdong out of their free will and are generally satisfied with their work and life there.

-- The Xinjiang workers enjoy the same rights as their colleagues from the Han ethnic group in terms of wages, and their freedom of religion and rights to use their own ethnic languages are well protected.

by Xinhua writers Lu Hao and Pan Ying

GUANGZHOU, April 12  -- A group of migrant workers from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has debunked the "forced labor" claims with their own experiences of working in Guangdong Province in south China.

Two Xinjiang scholars, Nilufer Gheyret and Chen Ning, both visiting research fellows at Jinan University in south China's Guangdong Province, interviewed 70 Xinjiang workers from five Guangdong-based companies. The workers are from ethnic minority groups including Uygur, Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Tajik.