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China's Xinjiang registers 7% GDP growth in 2021

January 24, 2022

China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region registered 7-percent GDP growth in 2021, totalling 1.6 trillion yuan ($253.2 billion), according to a work report of the regional government.
NW China's Xinjiang receives over 190m tourists in 2021

January 24, 2022

More than 190 million tourists traveled to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in 2021, an increase of 20.5 percent compared to 2020, according to a work report of the regional government.
Horgos sends 1 million buns to aid Xi'an

January 11, 2022

A truck from Horgos, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, carrying 1 million Uygur-style bread buns arrived in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Friday as part of support efforts for the city, which is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.
Xinjiang 'sea of death' fertilizes farms nationwide

January 10, 2022

On the rim of China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, the remote Lop Nur area was once barren and lifeless. Now, thanks to the production of water-soluble potassium fertilizer, it is beginning to come to life.
Xinjiang's power transmission volume hits new high in 2021

January 10, 2022

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region transmitted a record 122 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of locally generated electricity to other parts of the country in 2021, up over 16 percent year-on-year, according to the State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co Ltd.
Xinjiang sends warm message overseas

January 1, 2022

The Xinjiang Overseas Friendship Association held an online meeting on Friday for overseas Chinese in the United States who are from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to better understand the region's development.
China's Xinjiang posts foreign trade growth with EU in Jan-Nov

December 27, 2021

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region recorded around 261.8 billion yuan ($41 billion) in foreign trade with the European Union countries in the first 11 months of this year, up 30 percent year-on-year, the local customs said on Monday.
Xinjiang's first desert-crossing expressway opens to traffic

December 25, 2021

The first cross-desert expressway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region officially opened to traffic on Saturday, cutting travel time between cities in north Xinjiang, said the regional transport department.