Combo photos tell people's better life in Xinjiang (7)

Combo photo shows Tutigul Dawut, a local resident who shakes off poverty by breeding pigeons, smiling at newly-hatched pigeons (L) and showing a technician (R) her pigeon breeding business in Kaxgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2019. Xinjiang's economy expanded 3.4 percent year on year in 2020, 1.1 percentage points higher than the national economic growth, according to the local government work report. With new access to opportunities in education and employment, people in Xinjiang are building a new tomorrow for a better life for themselves with the passage of time. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)