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.

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.
Xinjiang's Alataw Pass handles over half China-Europe rail-freight in H1

Updated: 2020-07-15

The customs authority at Alataw Pass, a major rail port in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, handled a total of 2,128 China-Europe freight trains during the first half of the year, the authority said.
Ancient paper documents unearthed in China's Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-07-15

Chinese archaeologists unearthed more than 700 paper documents and wooden tablets dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the region's archaeology institute said Wednesday.
Xinjiang's electricity transmission increases by 53.9% in H1

Updated: 2020-07-08

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region transmitted 43.9 billion kWh of electricity in the first half of 2020, up 53.9 percent year-on-year.
Historical block attracts tourists for sightseeing in Yining, Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-07-06

Yining city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 4, 2020. Liuxing street, built in 1930s, is a well-known historical block in Yining city.
Xinjiang invests heavily to ensure fair, quality compulsory education: official

Updated: 2020-07-05

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has strengthened financial and institutional support to control the number of school dropouts and ensure every student receives a fair and high-quality compulsory education.
Tourism brings entrepreneurs business in Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-07-02

With an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level, few plants can thrive in Tashikurgan Tajik autonomous county on the Pamir Plateau.