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  • Kyrgyz student gains cross-border trade experience in China's Xinjiang

    Datkaiym Alparova, who hails from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, is majoring in international economics and trade at Xinjiang Normal University. Entering her senior year, the 21-year-old undergraduate began receiving practical training on cross-border e-commerce livestreaming at the Urumqi Bonded Exhibition and Trading Center.

    September15,2026


  • World's first museum devoted to prehistoric flying reptiles opens in NW China's Xinjiang

    A science museum focused on pterosaurs, a winged reptile closely related to dinosaurs, opened on Sunday in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China.

    September14,2026


  • Foreign livestreamers court Central Asian markets from China's Horgos

    For about nine hours a day, Altyn Magzina sells clothes to customers through livestreams from Horgos, a border city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region facing Kazakhstan.

    September09,2026


  • China's Xinjiang accelerates clean energy push amid national green transition

    A short drive west of Korla in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a vast desert landscape has been transformed into a shimmering sea of solar panels, underscoring the region's green energy push.

    September08,2026


  • Pakistani student studies cotton farming in China's Xinjiang

    Muhammad Ameer Hamza hails from Depalpur, Pakistan. He is now pursuing a PhD in crop science at the Agricultural College of Shihezi University in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

    September04,2026


  • EconomyInFocus | China's Xinjiang accelerates green, smart energy transition

    In 2026, the first year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has remained firmly committed to its strategic roles and accelerated the transition toward greener, smarter and more effective energy development and utilization.

    September03,2026


  • GLOBALink | A day with car ferry drivers at China's Horgos

    In Horgos, northwest China's #Xinjiang, a more flexible and cost-effective "self-driving export" is increasingly popular, and those behind the wheel are called ferry drivers. Wang Hongxia is one of them. Get in and spend a day with her as she drives through the border inspection.

    August26,2026


  • Economy&Life | Horgos in NW China's Xinjiang nurtures cross-border e-commerce business featuring foreign live-streamers

    In recent years, Horgos in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an important gateway to Central Asia, has harnessed the geographic, logistics and commodity advantages of the Horgos Area of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center and fostered a new form of cross-border e-commerce business featuring foreign live-streamers.

    August24,2026


  • Feature: 18 years later, American basketball player Myron Allen finds his way back to Xinjiang

    Nearly two decades after helping lead Xinjiang to its first CBA Finals, former American guard Myron Allen has returned to Urumqi to pass on his experience to the next generation and give back to a team he still considers family.

    August21,2026


  • Milk tea helps nourish grassroots governance, ethnic unity in Xinjiang

    In a community in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, milk tea is not just a beverage.

    August11,2026


  • 12th Manas international cultural tourism festival held in China's Xinjiang

    The 12th Manas international cultural tourism festival was held here in mid-July. The festival featured cultural and sporting activities and competitions, highlighting the distinctive appeal of the intangible cultural heritages.

    July16,2026


  • China Focus: In Xinjiang, visiting int'l media leaders see a region in motion

    From the observation deck at the Urumqi International Land Port Area, Xinjiang looked less like a distant frontier than a region in motion.

    July08,2026


  • 9th China-Eurasia Expo concludes with record scale

    The 9th China-Eurasia Expo that concluded in Xinjiang on Monday hit a record high in terms of scale, organizers said Tuesday.

    July01,2026


  • 9th China-Eurasia Expo kicks off, boosting Eurasian economic, trade cooperation

    The 9th China-Eurasia Expo opened on Thursday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an event promoting trade and investment cooperation across Asia and Europe.

    June26,2026


  • 9th China-Eurasia Expo opens in China's Xinjiang

    Themed on "New Opportunities of Silk Road, New Vitality for Eurasian Cooperation," the expo is held here from June 25 to 29.

    June26,2026


  • 9th China-Eurasia Expo in NW China to boost trade, investment cooperation

    The 9th China-Eurasia Expo, scheduled to be held in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, from June 25 to 29, will promote trade and investment cooperation, Chinese officials have noted.

    June10,2026


  • Xinjiang artifacts, artworks exhibition opens in Athens

    An exhibition of artifacts and artworks from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens on Thursday, highlighting the rich cultural exchanges that flourished along the ancient Silk Road.

    May09,2026


  • China's Xinjiang speeds up digital reading in rural areas

    Shemshinur Batur, a villager in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, loves reading and ever since a rural library was established in her village, her family knows exactly where to find her whenever she goes "missing."

    May09,2026


  • Tech innovation turns Xinjiang's saline-alkali land into "golden desert" for high-value fruit

    On the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, a technological breakthrough in water management is transforming once-barren saline-alkali land into a productive hub for high-value agriculture.

    March20,2026


  • Her Stories: The thread

    Time-honored Atlas silk, national treasure, international fashion. In the hands of a young Uygur designer, this traditional fabric is transformed into stylish garments that dazzle the world with their unique feel.

    March18,2026


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