Before setting foot in Xinjiang, I was not very clear about the level of development there. I just knew that western China lagged behind the country’s eastern and southern regions in terms of development and modernization in the early years of reform and opening up.
With its ample golden rays of sunshine, Xinjiang has been one of the primary beneficiaries of the country’s ongoing rural e-commerce revolution. The region serves as a major agricultural production base in China and is renowned for its large cornucopia of fruits, flowers and nuts, many of which have been cultivated in the area for millennia.
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