Updates

'Drifters' bring new vitality to ancient Xinjiang city

March 28, 2022

The ancient city of Kashgar, in southern Xinjiang, is home to one of the largest surviving group of earthen buildings in the world. Over the past decade, a group of young newcomers have settled down and injected vitality into the 400-year-old city.
Xinjiang Culture and Tourism Week in Japan held in-person and digitally

March 28, 2022

On March 25, the Xinjiang Culture and Tourism Week’s Japan session was launched both online and offline.
Xinjiang signs agreements with 11 SOEs

March 14, 2022

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, a core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt that boasts rich resources, has embraced an important period of high-quality economic growth, its Party chief, Ma Xingrui, said on Saturday, adding that it welcomes more investment from centrally administered State-owned enterprises.
Female educator devotes herself to child education

March 10, 2022

After six years of preparations, Zubadan Aniwar achieved her dream of opening her own child education center in Kuqa city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Xinjiang builds its medical expertise, helps neighboring regions in BRI

March 9, 2022

Making sure people at the grassroots level enjoy high-quality medical services has long been Kaiser Abdukerim's pursuit, especially since he became a deputy to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, in 2018.
Xinjiang sets up fund to promote high-tech industry

March 2, 2022

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has set up a special fund of 100 million yuan (about $15.8 million) for the development of high-tech enterprises this year.
Rail-based cross-border trade kicks things up a notch

February 28, 2022

A freight train carrying cross-border e-commerce cargo departed from Alataw Pass in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to Tashkent, Uzbekistan's capital, on Sunday, which is the first train journey of this kind since China approved setting up more cross-border e-commerce pilot zones in 27 cities and regions in February.
Xinjiang's electricity transmission volume tops 500b kWh

February 28, 2022

Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in Northwest China has transmitted a total of 503.7 billion kWh of locally-generated electricity to other parts of the country since 2010, according to the State Grid's Xinjiang branch.