China is a Tier 2 Watch List country that is also a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking. The predominant forms of trafficking are forced labor, sexual exploitation, begging, domestic servitude, and forced marriage. The government is actively involved in the exploitation of its people, especially in the areas of forced labor and sexual exploitation. While the government has closed its Re-education through forced labor, or RTL, program in 2015, the government still uses many of its detainees as a source of forced labor. Religious and political activists held in detention centers are forced to work despite the government passing policy against such practices. The government does acknowledge that such activities occur,
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Migrant workers were targeted in the awareness campaign due to the large number of transient workers in and through the country, many of whom are targets of traffickers. In 2015, the MPS invested over $770,179 in training, handling major cases, internal database, publicity, and cooperation with international law enforcement efforts. It also helped fund an anti-trafficking fund for usage by law enforcement agencies across the country. China also conceded the widespread effects of the gender imbalance due to its one child policy. It also tightened its policies at the border to include scrutinizing the visas of all foreign women entering the country in an effort to identify potential victims of trafficking. It also took steps to publicize the criminalization of trafficking and the punishment for those convicted of such practices in an effort to deter the practice. Despite this, human trafficking continues to flourish. The practice of household registration allows traffickers to target migrant workers who have traveled to the city in search of work. Consequently, the government did allow local governments to offer temporary assistance to those who recently registered in order to facilitate their establishment in the city. This simple act effectively deterred traffickers from infiltrating vulnerable families. Other deterrent methods utilized by the government is offering training to its diplomats and its troops prior to deployment. It also increased efforts to investigate its officials who engage in
Migrant workers were targeted in the awareness campaign due to the large number of transient workers in and through the country, many of whom are targets of traffickers. In 2015, the MPS invested over $770,179 in training, handling major cases, internal database, publicity, and cooperation with international law enforcement efforts. It also helped fund an anti-trafficking fund for usage by law enforcement agencies across the country. China also conceded the widespread effects of the gender imbalance due to its one child policy. It also tightened its policies at the border to include scrutinizing the visas of all foreign women entering the country in an effort to identify potential victims of trafficking. It also took steps to publicize the criminalization of trafficking and the punishment for those convicted of such practices in an effort to deter the practice. Despite this, human trafficking continues to flourish. The practice of household registration allows traffickers to target migrant workers who have traveled to the city in search of work. Consequently, the government did allow local governments to offer temporary assistance to those who recently registered in order to facilitate their establishment in the city. This simple act effectively deterred traffickers from infiltrating vulnerable families. Other deterrent methods utilized by the government is offering training to its diplomats and its troops prior to deployment. It also increased efforts to investigate its officials who engage in