URUMQI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- During this year's eight-day Spring Festival holiday, Bauerjan Serek, a trader from the Kazak ethnic group who for more than 10 years has been doing business in the port city of Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, enjoyed bumper profits. He had no time to rest after the holiday, devoting himself instead to the restructuring of his business, with his company aiming to sink more money and resources into a venture in Central Asian countries.
CAIRO, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has witnessed great development, and all residents there enjoy the benefits of development without discrimination, said an Egyptian official. "I made several tours in Xinjiang and entered the homes of Uygur citizens in many places in the region," he said.
URUMQI, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yunfeng, who is in charge of a farmers' cooperative for aquaculture in Dongbag Township in Shache County, located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was struck by the astonishment on the faces of local villagers upon seeing the Australian freshwater crayfish for the first time. Living in southern Xinjiang with the expansive Gobi Desert for generations, the locals, who have endured poverty, struggled to comprehend how people outside the region considered this "unusual" aquatic product a delicacy.
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- China's centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have intensified efforts to assist Xinjiang in expanding employment since 2022, pledging to further support high-quality development in Xinjiang. According to a conference held by the Xinjiang government and China's top state-asset regulator on Monday, the central enterprises' work in assisting the development of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has achieved remarkable results in the past two years.