Uighur legislation takes aim at Xijiang camps architect

The Uighur Human Rights Act, passed by the Congress, requires the US administration to determine which Chinese officials are responsible for the "arbitrary detention, torture and harassment" of Uighurs and other minorities in China's Xinjiang region.
The United States would then freeze any assets the officials hold in the world's largest economy and ban their entry into the country.

The law specifically mentions Chen Quanguo, the Communist Party chief in Xinjiang.

Previously posted in Tibet, Chen has built a reputation for clamping down on restive minorities.

Xinhua has reported that Chen is of Han ethnicity and was born in November 1955. He from Pingyu, Henan province.

He began his first job in December 1973 and joined the Communist Party of China in February 1976. Chen graduated from School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology where he completed an in-service graduate program in management science and engineering. He holds a doctor of management degree.