Women work at a new energy technology company in Shule County of Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Gu Yu) URUMQI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- There was a time in the southern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region when many rural women lived out of public view, economically dependent on their spouses and bound by traditional household gender roles.
URUMQI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The Barkol Dahe Airport officially began operations on Tuesday, bringing the total number of civil airports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to 28, the highest among all provincial-level regions in China. As the second high-altitude airport in Xinjiang, Barkol Dahe Airport is located in the Kazak Autonomous County of Barkol, Hami City.
URUMQI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Alashankou, also known as Alataw Pass, a primary land port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, had handled more than 4,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight train trips this year as of Wednesday, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.
