Zulhayat Ismayil, vice-president of Kashgar University. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The improvements in education at all levels in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have helped young people have a brighter future. The quality of higher education in Xinjiang has significantly improved in the past 10 years. As an increasing number of young people chose to study in other parts of China, more and more people have come to Xinjiang to study. China's development strategy has placed Xinjiang — an inland region — at the front line of opening-up. And the region has become a key logistics hub for the Belt and Road Initiative and attracted a lot of talent.