The European Commission will propose banning the sale of forced labor products in the European Union, as announced by its President Ursula von der Leyen, which could affect Chinese production, as a result of allegations of forced labor from the Muslim Uyghur minority.

"25 million people around the world are threatened or forced into forced labor. We will never allow them to be forced to make products... on sale here in Europe," von der Leyen said in her annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

"Therefore, we will propose banning forced labor products from our markets. Human rights are not for sale at any price," she added.

Although the European Commission President did not name any country, French MEP Raphael Glucksmann (left) wrote on Twitter that von der Leyen "promised this morning to ban products resulting from Uyghur slavery on the European market."

"Multinational companies will do everything in their power to block this measure. Let's move!" he added.

Western countries accuse Beijing of holding members of this predominantly Muslim and Turkish-speaking community in Xinjiang (western China) in vast labor camps that China claims are just vocational training centers.

Many factories, especially textiles, are located in this area, which in turn supplies products to multinational companies, according to experts and NGOs.

Also, in her speech, Ursula von der Leyen pressed Beijing to "demonstrate its determination" to achieve its "encouraging" targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Von der Leyen also expressed her desire for the European Union to be "more present and active in the Indo-Pacific" and to reconsider its investment strategy there.