Peng Jiarui

Peng Jiarui (Chinese: 彭家瑞; pinyin: Péng Jiāruì; born April 1961) is a Chinese military officer and politician currently serving as vice chairman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and vice chairman of the Xinjiang Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In 1979, he entered Xinjiang Political and Legal Cadre School, majoring in public security.

He worked in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture after university in 1981, where he eventually became deputy party secretary and vice governor in 2001.

[1][2][3] On 31 July 2020, the United States government imposed Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act sanctions and visa restrictions against Peng, together with Sun Jinlong for their connection to similar human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

[4][5] On 10 December 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Mélanie Joly announced Canada's sanctions against Peng and seven other government officials of Xinjiang and Tibet involved in serious human rights violations.