People snowboard at a ski resort in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 5, 2022.
URUMQI, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- After packing some naan bread and a dented water bottle, Shan Zhizheng and his wife start up their motorcycle and head off to a cultural relic site, shattering the silence that envelops the valley.
This aerial photo taken on July 5, 2022 shows veterans checking the irrigation pipes in Qiemo, a desert county in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Xiang) URUMQI, Nov.
At dusk in Yueliangdi village, cooking smoke rose high from several houses with greyish blue tiles and yellow walls, diffusing a scent of freshly cooked food. In the yards surrounding the houses, vegetables were growing prosperously.
