The colors of Xinjiang (7)

A pivotal hub of the ancient Silk Road, Xinjiang’s cultural and commercial reach once stretched from the yellow dunes of the Taklamakan desert to Europe. Today, under the golden dome of the Xinjiang International Bazaar, merchants and customers around the globe are busy trading, while in the yellow brick buildings of Shihezi University, teachers and students from different countries chat joyously. The ancient Silk Road has now been reinvigorated and transformed into the new “Belt and Road Initiative,” injecting new charisma into Xinjiang’s dust-laden glories.

People’s Daily Online has launched “The Colors of Xinjiang”, a series of in-depth reports that will provide our readers a complete and vivid picture of Xinjiang. The following story focuses on Xinjiang’s Belt and Road, as well as its international trade and people-to-people exchange.

For more stories about Xinjiang's Belt and Road, as well as its international trade and people-to-people exchange：Along the Belt and Road: Xinjiang’s thriving international trade and cultural exchanges