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Feature: Meet "Dr. Mao," the medics help improve healthcare in northwestern frontier

URUMQI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ask anyone in Turpan, a city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to name the best doctors around, and you will likely hear an answer: "Dr.…

Xinjiang's regulation promotes high-quality development of cotton industry: official

URUMQI, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A regulation that China's top cotton-producing Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region introduced last month was the country's first local regulation specifically aimed at promoting the high-quality development of the cotton industry, a local official said.…

China's Xinjiang upgrades payment services for inbound travelers

URUMQI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 180,000 overseas visitors to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region used mobile payment services in the first half of 2026, up 45 percent year on year, local authorities announced Tuesday.…

Paired assistance puts local workers in charge at plant in NW China's Xinjiang

Abdusalam Mijit checks equipment at Hotan Conch Profiles Co., Ltd.…

Hybrid wheat yields robust harvest near NW China desert

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- In northwest China, the Taklamakan Desert, long known as the "Sea of Death," has for centuries made farming all but impossible with its sandstorms, drought and barren soil. This summer, however, an area on its very fringe is producing wheat at an impressive level.…

Xinjiang Story: Powering up Xinjiang's winter boom

URUMQI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- While skiers carve their way through fresh snow in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Qi Fan has been glued to a screen, as one bad reading on it could affect the operation of the ski resort.…

Xinjiang Story: Retired athlete ignites youth ski dreams, fuels winter economy in China's Xinjiang

URUMQI, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- On the snow-blanketed plains of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Yeersen Shenwohen was leading several teenagers as they struggled upward from the bottom of the ski slope on their narrow skis.…

Xinjiang Story: In Xinjiang, young designer gives new life to ancient mulberry paper

URUMQI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- At 24, Muyasser Aihematitoheti could have stayed in the city to build a career in commercial design, but she returned to her hometown in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to work with handmade mulberry bark paper that has endured for more than a millennium.…

Xinjiang officials, cotton farmers slam Western "forced labor" allegations

Workers arrange newly-arrived cotton at a cotton company in Shawan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 20, 2021.…

Comparisons of Urumqi, NYC subways go viral, show prosperity of Xinjiang

Comparison of a subway station in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and one in New York City Photo: screenshot of Twitter Pictures comparing a clean, bright and modern subway station in Urumqi, capital city of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and an old, shabby one in New York City in the US have gone viral, adding proof of how lives in the remote region in China have improved after effective measures against terrorism and extremism since 2016 have restored stability. Pictures of pillars with flower-shaped structures and light blue walls are in sharp contrast to the century-old New York City subway, where tainted white tiles are falling off pillars, exposing cement inside.…

Interview: U.S. fabricates Xinjiang-related misinformation to contain China, not to protect human rights -- Italian scholar

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The false accusations against Xinjiang made by the U.…

Xinjiang factory sues over 'forced labor' claims

Women work at the Eagle Textile company's factory in Yarkant county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in May. Cui Jia/China Daily Standing among the unused sewing machines on the third floor of the Eagle Textile's factory, company chairman Hong Longzhu let out a long sigh.…

How Xinjiang's 'money-losing' train market delivers warmth and hope across the Gobi

Dance and singing performances are staged at the mobile bazaar on the slow train No. 7558 in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 25, 2026.…

Interview: Xinjiang's stability, prosperity debunk Western misinformation, Egyptian expert says

CAIRO, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has achieved broad development and sustained stability, debunking Western misinformation stemming from geopolitical rivalry, an Egyptian expert has said.…

What does Xinjiang’s unstoppable development signify?: Global Times editorial

On Thursday morning, a grand gathering in celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was held at Xinjiang People's Hall in Urumqi, the regional capital. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the gathering.…

Expat Eyes｜Xinjiang, a jewel box that never empties

This year marks my third consecutive visit to Xinjiang—this time to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's first Media Cooperation Forum. And once again, Xinjiang revealed itself to me like a vast treasure chest: every time you reach inside, you pull out a gem more dazzling than the last.…

Amazing Xinjiang: Dabancheng, 'China's Wind Valley'

What kind of place can be called "China's Wind Valley"? Every year, there are 214 days of strong winds reaching over six on the Beaufort scale. This is Dabancheng in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, home to hundreds of wind turbines.…

Amazing Xinjiang: Retracing 'Journey to the West' in the Flaming Mountains

The Flaming Mountains, in the Uygur language, they are called "Kiziltag," meaning the "red mountains." In the work "Classic of Mountains and Seas," they are referred to as the "mountains of flames.…

Planting the sun: Molten salt solar tower illuminates Xinjiang's thriving green energy industry in Hami city

At sunrise on Aug. 15, 2023, in Yiwu county, Hami city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 14,500 heliostats formed characters that translated to "Love China" and "Beautiful Xinjiang," adding a touch of grandeur to China's inaugural National Ecology Day.…

Infographics: Tremendous changes in China's Xinjiang over past decade

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which boasts stunning natural scenery, high-quality fruits, and different ethnic groups that are closely united like the seeds of a pomegranate that stick together, has witnessed great changes during the past 10 years.…

There's a kind of sweetness called Hami

Hami, a city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, sounds almost good enough to eat. Say the name "Hami," and it is easy to imagine the crisp, juicy texture and rich sweetness of a Hami melon.

Don't blink, this naan is about to take off!

How do they make naan at Altun Ancient Street in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region? Knead it, roll it out, add a pattern, and then for the final step—takeoff!.

In Urumqi, the world is just one shopping trip away

Here in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the world is just a shopping trip away. From Korean face masks and Italian olive oil to Indonesian coffee, Indian incense, Russian vodka, African drums — and even potato chips from the US.

A giant 'solar power bank' hidden in Gobi Desert, NW China's Xinjiang

Can a solar power plant still generate electricity after the sun goes down? In Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, rows of linear Fresnel reflectors track the sun, concentrating sunlight into thermal energy and storing it using molten salt. When night falls, this stored heat can be released to continue generating electricity, functioning just like a giant power bank for sunlight.

Xinjiang foreign trade up 60.3 pct in first 10 months

Fruits from Xinjiang reach more consumers through Internet

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