Updates

Better education being provided for China's ethnic groups

July 4, 2022

Specialized cultural and education policies have been implemented according to China's 56 ethnic groups in order to fully protect people's rights to education and to provide firm support for localized development, according to experts attending a recent symposium.
Desert highway in southern Xinjiang opens

June 30, 2022

A desert highway in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region opened on Thursday, slashing travel time, benefiting local residents and boosting regional socioeconomic development, according to the line's constructor.
Sea buckthorn boon for county in desert

June 24, 2022

Sea buckthorn plantations are giving Wushi, a county of deserts and mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a new lease on life.
Songs, scents and scenery boost tourism in region

June 24, 2022

The band starts up, all twanging guitar and relentless drumming, as the stage is covered in colorful laser projections of nebulas.
New rail line closes loop around Xinjiang desert

June 18, 2022

Carrying its first passengers, train No 5818 left Hotan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 11:30 am on Thursday and arrived at its destination — Urumqi, the region's capital — at 11:53 am on Friday.
China-Central Asia pipeline transports over 400b cubic meters of natural gas

June 16, 2022

The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has delivered more than 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China over a period of more than 12 years, according to PipeChina West Pipeline Company.
Thriving home services empower women

May 27, 2022

Nurela Usman, a woman in her 50s who runs a home services company in Artux, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, said she has "very, very big goals".
Transport links deliver prosperity

May 26, 2022

Twenty-five-year-old Silmha Matruz from Yutian county in the south of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, used to have to take a four-hour bus trip to the city of Hotan followed by a five-hour flight to Hangzhou in Zhenjiang province, just to attend her university.