URUMQI, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Railway authorities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's foremost producer of high-quality cotton, have increased transport capacity and launched dedicated cotton yarn train services, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.
An equestrian show is staged during a tourism festival in Zhaosu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Fei) A performance is staged during a tourism festival in Zhaosu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 19, 2025.
URUMQI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A total of 500,000 trips to or from China have been recorded in 2025 at the Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region -- the highest figure for the January-July period in a decade. By Monday, foreign nationals had made more than 146,000 trips to China via the airport this year, which was a year-on-year increase of 30 percent, according to statistics from the airport's immigration authorities.
URUMQI, China, July 16 (Xinhua) -- In northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, young athletes are choosing action over comfort this summer. "How can I improve my skills?" "What's your secret to growing so tall?" "Do we have a chance to play in the CBA someday?" Those were just some of the eager questions posed by students when Chinese Basketball Association stars Abdusalam Abdurexit and Zhu Xuhang visited a school in Hotan on Tuesday.
