In July 2020, the United States announced Global Magnitsky Act sanctions against Sun Jinlong for human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.
He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in April 1986, and began taking on administrative and leadership roles on the team.
[3] In July 1991, he was named vice president of China Geological Engineering Company (中国地质工程公司), at 29 years of age.
[4]: 127 The city government established a department for attracting investment and sent teams around the country to recruit businesses to Hefei.
[6] On 31 July 2020, the United States government imposed Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act sanctions and visa restrictions against Sun, together with his deputy Peng Jiarui, citing its view that they are engaged in human rights abuse against the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.