Xinjiang Special 2020

Urumqi's main urban area covered with 5G network

Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has seen 5G signals covering the main urban area of the city with more 5G base stations built this year.

Official challenges birthrate assertions

Updated: 2021-01-19

China rebutted on Monday speculation made by foreign media and politicians over population growth changes in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, saying that these were caused by various factors including changing attitudes toward marriage and raising children.
Short videos depict peaceful and happy lives in south Xinjiang

Updated: 2021-01-19

A group of people from the southern part of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, who have been confirmed as graduates from vocational education and training centers in the region, have aroused great interest in the international community.
Xinjiang’s counter-terrorism measures protect human rights

Updated: 2021-01-19

A series of short videos recently broadcast on social media platforms has whetted people’s interest in learning more about the work and lives of people in the southern part of China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Xinjiang sees 9,679 China-Europe freight trains in 2020

Updated: 2021-01-15

A total of 9,679 China-Europe freight trains had departed from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region by the end of 2020, hitting a record high, according to the local railway bureau.
Broom plant sweeps away Xinjiang villagers' poverty

Updated: 2020-07-21

When Uroziali Harsiharbayi first came to Uzunerik village in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in early 2018, his shoes were almost buried in dirt when he stepped onto the main street.
Horse industry gallops ahead in Xinjiang with fresh ideas

Updated: 2020-07-20

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has been exploring multiple ways to expand its equine industry, from breeding horses for police forces to mounted tours and medical products.
Tajik ethnic people ready to hit new heights

Updated: 2020-07-20

At the intersection of the two main roads of Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county stands a landmark sculpture of a flying eagle.
Clean water? Villagers can drink to that

Updated: 2020-07-20

More than 20 years on, 43-year-old Yusup Keyum can recall the overwhelming smell that emanated from the hole in a frozen puddle in his village.
BeiDou adopted in unmanned farm machines in Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-07-20

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been adopted in more than 10,000 unmanned farm tractors and spraying drones in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the regional agriculture and husbandry machinery administration.
Xinjiang glacier reserve now a paradise for wildlife

Updated: 2020-07-20

Years after mining, grazing and tourism were banned in a glacier reserve of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, wild animals have returned to celebrate the improving environment of the reserve.