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China's Xinjiang pivots to smart agriculture amid national digital push

URUMQI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- A glimpse of the vast cotton fields of Yuli County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region revealed a quadcopter gliding in the air while smart irrigation systems misted the soil below it.…

Foreign livestreamers court Central Asian markets from China's Horgos

URUMQI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- For about nine hours a day, Altyn Magzina sells clothes to customers through livestreams from Horgos, a border city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region facing Kazakhstan.…

Xinjiang governance experience, global relevance in focus at Urumqi conference

URUMQI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 300 government officials, scholars, business representatives and journalists from 33 countries gathered in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday for discussions on the region's experience in security, development and social governance.…

China's Xinjiang accelerates clean energy push amid national green transition

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025 shows a four-million-kilowatt photovoltaic project in Ruoqiang County, Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.…

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.…

Xinjiang's 'red gold': How its tomatoes make their mark on the world

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of the world's three major processing tomato-growing regions, accounting for around 80 percent of China's processing tomato output. Long hours of sunshine, a bone-dry climate, and huge swings between day and night temperatures provide favorable conditions for growing processing tomatoes.

Tianshan Tianchi: A cool mountain escape in NW China's Xinjiang

In northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a short journey into the Tianshan Mountains takes you from 33 degrees Celsius at the foothills to 18 degrees Celsius or even lower near the peaks. Starting from the alpine waters of Tianchi Lake, visitors can take a cable car toward Mayashan Mountain before continuing on along mountain trails that climb to over 3,000 meters above sea level.

Explore Jiangbulake, Xinjiang's golden 'oil painting'

Jiangbulake is located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Qitai county, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In Kazakh, "Jiangbulake" means "source of holy water.

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.

Xinjiang foreign trade up 60.3 pct in first 10 months

Fruits from Xinjiang reach more consumers through Internet

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