Students read textbooks at a primary school in Awat Township of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Ding Lei) URUMQI, Oct.
This undated scanned photo shows Wu Mingzhu in a field. (Hami Melon Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Handout via Xinhua) URUMQI, Nov.
Children have fun on Dove Lane in Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Sadat) URUMQI, Nov.
URUMQI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- When Chen Lizhong decided to build a winery in Yanqi Hui Autonomous County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 11 years ago, a mammoth challenge stared at her -- barren Gobi Desert existing for tens of thousands of years.