URUMQI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A flight carrying 51 tonnes of e-commerce goods departed from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and arrived in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, on Wednesday, representing the region's first direct air cargo route to the Baltic Sea area. The route is operated once weekly by a Boeing 767 freighter with a single-trip flight time of approximately 11 hours.
URUMQI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 270 representatives from China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia gathered on Tuesday in Altay City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, for the Greater Altai International Conference for sub-Regional Cooperation. They discussed on topics such as trade and investment, culture, sports and tourism, sci-tech education, infrastructure, and sustainable growth, and looked forward to deepening cooperation in these field and creating a bright future together.
URUMQI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A three-hour drive from Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the towering silver structures of a monumental power transmission project emerge from the vast, sunbaked terrain. Each day, the transmission lines stretching over 3,000 km deliver electricity generated from Xinjiang's abundant wind and solar resources to east China's Anhui Province, where it is redistributed to power the bustling cities of the Yangtze River Delta.
Coach Rozaji Amatjan (1st R) and girls from Artux City's U13 football team take part in a training session in Artux City, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan) URUMQI, May 9 (Xinhua) -- By 2024, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China had built 88,800 sports venues, boosting local sports development and participation, official data showed.
