The influx of enterprises into the Kashgar area of the China (Xinjiang)Pilot Free Trade Zone in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has emerged as a key driver of trade growth. According to its administrative office, the area recorded a total import and export volume of 93.16 billion yuan ($13.36 billion) in 2025, exceeding its annual target by 5.7 percent.
2026-01-15Across Xinjiang's wind-lashed Gobi Desert and sun-scorched basins, the rotation of the wind turbine blades and the pulse of solar energy feed power into the grid that, in a flash, lights up homes thousands of kilometers away.
2026-01-14In the depths of winter, rows of vibrant green watermelon vines climb trellises, heavy with fruit, while bunches of plump, dark grapes and red dragon fruits hang from branches inside greenhouses built on the southern fringe of the Taklimakan, China's largest desert.
2026-01-14The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has achieved record-breaking outputs in both cotton and grain in 2025, driven by large-scale mechanization, high-quality farmland, and improved crop varieties.
2025-12-31In northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the 22.13-kilometer Tianshan Shengli Tunnel -- the world's longest expressway tunnel-- opened to traffic Friday.
2025-12-30Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has recorded a record cotton output of over 6 million tonnes in 2025, official data showed on Friday.
2025-12-29China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region attracted over one trillion yuan from outside the region in 2025 for the first time, injecting strong momentum into its high-quality economic development, according to the regional department of commerce.
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