Xinjiang responds to Sam's Club's removal of Xinjiang products: Violating market laws is bound to be boycotted

On January 13, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region held the 67th press conference on Xinjiang-related issues in Beijing, in response to the previous Wal-Mart Sam's Club was exposed to remove Xinjiang products, Xu Guixiang, spokesman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, said in response to a reporter's question that there is no so-called "forced labor" in Xinjiang, the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are industrious, and the quality of Xinjiang's products is also excellent.

"I also learned that recently the Sam's Club, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart in the United States, has removed products from Xinjiang without any legitimate reason, and Sam's companies have been in China for more than 20 years, and they have earned money from Chinese consumers while removing Chinese products. Xu Guixiang said that everyone remembers that H&M Group boycotted Xinjiang cotton last year, and Intel also sent a letter to suppliers asking for the ban on labor and products in Xinjiang, but eventually had to bow to Chinese consumers.

Xu Guixiang said that we advise these enterprises not to underestimate the patriotic enthusiasm of Chinese consumers, not to underestimate the efforts of Chinese consumers to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law, and not to underestimate the evil consequences that may be brought about by sneaking into political manipulation.

On the evening of December 23, 2021, some netizens reported that Wal-Mart's Sam's Club removed Xinjiang products. At noon on December 24, nandu reporters opened the SAM's Club APP, and in the home page search, keywords such as "Xinjiang", "Korla fragrant pear" and "Xinjiang jujube" were unable to retrieve the goods. On the evening of December 24, Nandu reporters visited the Sam's offline store in Guangzhou. In both the fresh fruit area and the dry goods area, no goods from Xinjiang were found.

Subsequently, the Nandu reporter also found that many members of the group formed by Guangzhou Sam's member merchants proposed to return the card. Some media reported that many places in the country also demanded the return of the card of Sam's Club.

Sam's Club is Walmart's premium membership store that has been around for more than 30 years since opening its first store in Midwest, Oklahoma, USA in April 1983. In the early 1990s, Sam's Club began to enter the international market, and in August 1996, the first Sam's Club was settled in Shenzhen.

Walmart's third-quarter 2021 financial report released on November 22 shows that Sam's Club's sales in China have achieved double-digit growth, and the number of paid members in China has exceeded 4 million. At present, Sam operates 36 stores in 23 cities and covers most of the country through e-commerce platforms.

Nandu reporter Manningning