Xinjiang trade jumps 9.5%; RCEP booms

The total import and export value of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region reached 39.01 billion yuan ($6.1 billion) in the first four months of this year, registering year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent in its foreign trade, customs officials in Urumqi said.

Lavender attracts tourism and income in Xinjiang village

Fields of lavender have helped Sigong village in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region become a tourist attraction and a major essential lavender oil producer in the country.

China's Xinjiang sees foreign trade growth in first 4 months

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region registered a year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent in its foreign trade in the first four months of 2021, according to local customs.

Tarim oilfield supplies over 280 bln cubic meters of gas to east China

The Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina, China's largest oil and gas producer, said it has so far supplied over 280 billion cubic meters of natural gas to 15 provincial-level regions in China via the country's West-to-East gas pipeline.

A ranger's devotion to bird conservation at Xinjiang park

Before the crack of dawn each day, Ayimurat Dawuletbek can be seen on the lakeside of a national wetland park in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. He moors his boat between reed marshes and sets up a monocular telescope and a camouflaged digital SLR camera.

Safe drinking water project benefits residents in Jiashi County, Xinjiang

Residents of Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region now have access to potable water thanks to the safe drinking water project in the arid region.