Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives from all ethnic groups and all walks of life in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in Urumqi, the regional capital, Sept. 23, 2025.
People harvest apricots in Kuqa city, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo courtesy of the convergence media center of Kuqa) Kuqa city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is known for its apricot production.
Wang Huning and members of a central delegation visit Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)-administered Beitun City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 26, 2025.
Growing up as a Han girl in Central China, I rarely met anyone from Xinjiang in my hometown. To me, as a child, it was a distant place where everyone seemed to know how to sing and dance.
