Xinjiang Special

China's Xinjiang posts foreign trade growth in H1

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region registered a year-on-year growth of 19.1 percent in its foreign trade in the first half of this year, local customs said Thursday.

Aid boosts Xinjiang's economic development

Updated: 2021-07-22

Despite the pandemic, assistance from 19 provinces and municipalities has effectively helped the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to boost social and economic development, thereby winning the tough battle against poverty and improving ethnic unity, a senior Party official said.
Southern Xinjiang a summer hit with tourists

Updated: 2021-07-20

As summer sets in, tourists have begun flocking to southern Xinjiang to enjoy the region's unique atmosphere, born of its special location and culture.
Xinjiang holds webinar to outline its progress

Updated: 2021-02-08

A webinar titled "Xinjiang is a Wonderful Land" was jointly hosted by China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva and the government of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Feb 3.
Xinjiang's economic, social development praised

Updated: 2021-02-04

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has made unprecedented achievements in economic and social development and has achieved a decisive victory in poverty alleviation, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Horgos port adds new China-Europe train route

Updated: 2021-02-04

A China-Europe freight train from Wuyishan, East China’s Fujian province, bound for Almaty, Kazakhstan, set out from Horgos Port in Northeast China’s Xinjiang autonomous region on Jan 28.
Data and highlights from the Xinjiang government work report

Updated: 2021-02-03

Members of the 13th Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Congress attended a meeting at Xinjiang People's Hall in the region's capital, Urumqi, on Feb 1.
Xinjiang's economic performance shows good sign of recovery

Updated: 2021-02-02

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region held a news conference in Urumqi, capital of the region on Jan 27, to issue an outline of its 2020 economic performance, according to local reports.
28 Xinjiang companies obtain AEO senior certification

Updated: 2021-01-29

Four enterprises in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have obtained Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certification this year, bringing the total number of companies with the qualification to 156, including 28 with AEO senior certification, according to Urumqi customs.
Xinjiang accelerates fixed-asset investment in 2020

Updated: 2021-01-28

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region saw booming fixed-asset investment (FAI) growth in 2020 as the region picked up pace in development, official data showed Wednesday.
Aksu bakers turn "nang" into big business

Updated: 2021-01-28

Listening to a folk song called the Nang of Aksu, Yusufujiang Kuerban, a villager in Aksu city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, begins to bake nang - a flatbread and staple food of the Uygur ethnic group - in a local nang industrial park, on Jan 24.