HONG KONG—Volkswagen reiterated a dedication to producing automobiles in China’s western area of Xinjiang, an space the place Western politicians, lecturers and human-rights teams say Beijing is forcibly assimilating ethnic minorities.
The German automotive maker plans to maintain its manufacturing unit in Xinjiang going and is open to a plant go to by a human-rights specialist just lately nominated by the corporate’s board, Stephan Wöllenstein, Volkswagen China’s departing CEO, stated on Friday. He stated the choice to maintain working the plant, which is operating at diminished ranges, was made following a dialogue with Volkswagen’s Chinese language three way partnership companion, state-owned SAIC Group.
