China's national railway network will implement a new train-running timetable starting July 1, introducing high-speed train service for the first time between Urumqi and Beijing.
2026-06-18Rows of small, leafy oleaster trees stretch toward the horizon on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Still short and fragile, each sapling is propped up by a bamboo stick to withstand the desert gales, while low carpets of green wheat and alfalfa shield the soil between them.
2026-06-16The 2026 Xinjiang Culture and Tourism Development Conference is scheduled to take place from June 16 to 18 in Hotan city of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
2026-06-12As China advances its strategy to make computing power flow as seamlessly as electricity and water, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is emerging as a key player in the country's digital infrastructure landscape.
2026-06-11Wang Huning, China's top political advisor, has emphasized the need to safeguard social stability and advance modernization in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
2026-06-10The Dushanzi petrochemical plant held a news conference on Friday introducing its green and low-carbon progress in the Dushanzi district of Karamay, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The day marked the annual World Environment Day.
2026-06-08The Kizil Caves are located southeast of Baicheng county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. They bore witness to the flourishing Buddhist culture that thrived in Xinjiang from the third to the 13th century.
2026-06-02The Argentine rally champion has crossed Saudi dunes in the Dakar Rally, endured punishing deserts on multiple continents and stood atop podiums after some of motor sport's hardest races. But in China's far west, under the endless skies of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, even he found something unfamiliar.
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