The factory where the incident took place is the Xuri ("Early Light") Toy Factory (旭日玩具厂), owned by Hong Kong-based Early Light International (Holdings) Ltd., the largest toy manufacturer in the world.[8] The company's Shaoguan factory in the Wujiang district employs some 16,000 workers.[9] At the behest of the Guangdong authorities, it hired 800 workers from Kashgar, in Xinjiang[10] as part of an ethnic program which relocated 200,000 young Uyghurs since the start of 2008. According to The Guardian, most workers sign a one- to three-year contract then travel to factory dormitories in the south; in addition to their salaries ranging from 1,000 yuan to 1,400 yuan a month （which is higher than their local income) and many get free board and lodging. Most of these Uighurs are away from home to work for the first time.[4] The New York Times quoted Xinjiang Daily saying in May that 70 percent of the young Uyghurs had "signed up for employment voluntarily."