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.

Villagers relish life in new houses

Updated: 2020-06-30

At the end of a hot summer day, Ruzamamet Matkerim, a villager in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, likes to turn on the shower and wash away a day's fatigue with hot water before going to bed.
Qinghai section of Golmud-Korla railway begins operations

Updated: 2020-06-30

The Qinghai section of a railway connecting Golmud in Qinghai province to Korla city in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region started operation on Tuesday, according to China State Railway Group.
Xinjiang to increase seed production capacity

Updated: 2020-06-27

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to expand its seed production areas to boost its agriculture, local authorities said.
Night markets brighten up southern Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-06-24

Each evening, 29-year-old Azgul Eyni finds herself constantly glancing at the clock, waiting for it to strike 9.
Xinjiang woman hooks into success with fish breeding

Updated: 2020-06-23

The hardest year for Bahzera Reshat was 2017. The wife of a Kazak herdsman in Karasu village in Nilka county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, had to sell all of the family's sheep to save her father in law, who had stomach cancer.
In Xinjiang, village gets profitable facelift

Updated: 2020-06-22

Sigong village sits close to several popular tourist sites in Ili, and with its unique lavender plantations and ethnic customs, local officials believe the village will gain popularity with tourists, which will help the villagers get rid of poverty.
NW China's Xinjiang becomes major power contributor

Updated: 2020-06-22

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region transmitted 300 billion kWh of electricity outside the region over a decade, said the State Grid's Xinjiang branch Saturday.
Xinjiang unveils events to mark national cultural day

Updated: 2020-06-13

In celebration of China Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region launched the eighth intangible cultural heritage week in Turpan city.
E-commerce continues to boom in China's Xinjiang

Updated: 2020-06-12

The internet economy has become an important driving force for the recovery of market activities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as the epidemic wanes.
Xinjiang looks to expand digital economy

Updated: 2020-06-02

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will expand its digital economy by 10 percent this year and create more sources of digital economic growth, according to the region's Department of Industry and Information Technology.