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  • China's Xinjiang sees tourism rebound in May Day holiday

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region received more than 8 million tourist trips during the five-day May Day holiday, which ended on Wednesday. This marked a year-on-year increase of 140.81 percent, local authorities said.

    May05,2023


  • Xinjiang's foreign trade up 80.3 pct in Q1

    The foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region soared 80.3 percent year on year to 68.07 billion yuan (about 10 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of this year.

    April20,2023


  • Xinjiang's two land ports see increasing China-Europe freight trains in Q1

    In the first quarter of 2023, the number of China-Europe freight trains, including those destined for central Asian countries, passing through the Alashankou and Horgos railway ports in northwest China's Xinjiang saw considerable increase with higher shipment volume.

    April11,2023


  • China's major cotton producer starts spring sowing

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country's major cotton producer, has entered its cotton sowing period this year, local agricultural authorities said.

    April03,2023


  • NW.China's Xinjiang Kashgar opens freight train service to Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    A freight train loaded with 50 standard containers of cargo left Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Tashkent in Uzbekistan on Sunday, marking the launch of the freight train service linking Kashgar and Tashkent.

    April03,2023


  • Xinjiang foreign trade up 86.4 pct in first 2 months

    The foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region soared 86.4 percent year on year to 44.4 billion yuan (about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of this year.

    March17,2023


  • More road ports in China's Xinjiang resume passenger clearance

    The Alataw Pass, a major road port at the China-Kazakhstan border in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, resumed passenger customs clearance on Monday, said local authorities.

    February21,2023


  • Irkeshtam port in Xinjiang sees over 800 commercial vehicles exported in January

    Irkeshtam port, a land port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has seen over 800 commercial vehicles exported in January 2023, surpassing the total number since the port was officially opened to the public in 2001, Chinanews.com reported Thursday.

    February02,2023


  • Xinjiang plans to invest over 80 bln yuan in road construction

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to invest 83.2 billion yuan (about 12.3 billion U.S. dollars) in road construction in 2023, according to the regional transport department.

    January30,2023


  • China's Xinjiang receives over 4.7 mln visits during Spring Festival

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region received over 4.78 million visits during this year's Spring Festival holiday, up 32.79 percent year on year, according to the regional culture and tourism department.

    January28,2023


  • Xinjiang increases coal output by 25 pct in 2022 to ensure energy supply

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region posted strong growth in coal output in 2022 as it moved to ensure the country's energy supply.

    January28,2023


  • Xinjiang sees more market entities among better business environment

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had a total of nearly 2.24 million market entities as of the end of November 2022, local authorities said.

    January10,2023


  • Xinjiang's border ports resume passenger clearance

    The Horgos port, a border port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, resumed passenger customs clearance on Sunday, welcoming its first wave of inbound tourists of 2023.

    January10,2023


  • Xinjiang's installed new-energy power generation capacity tops 40 mln kW

    Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has seen its energy mix constantly improving, with its installed capacity of new-energy power generation topping 40 million kilowatts for the first time in January 2023.

    January09,2023


  • Across China: China's Xinjiang gears up for economic recovery

    As the evening closed in, tourists wearing masks could smell the aroma from the snack stalls along the street in the old town of Kashgar in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

    December27,2022


  • Tarim oilfield supplies over 50 bln cubic meters of gas to southern Xinjiang

    The Tarim oilfield branch of PetroChina, China's largest oil and gas producer, said on Sunday that it has so far supplied over 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas to southern Xinjiang.

    December20,2022


  • Xinjiang foreign trade up nearly 60 pct in first 11 months

    Foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region soared 59.8 percent year on year to 219.4 billion yuan (about 31.6 billion U.S. dollars) from January to November this year, according to data from Urumqi Customs.

    December16,2022


  • Xinjiang enterprises go full throttle to boost foreign trade

    Walking into a factory operated by Saurer Xinjiang Intelligent Machinery Co., Ltd., one finds a busy scene engulfed by the noise of machines, with technicians remotely controlling laser cutters and automatic guided vehicles shuttling through the assembly lines to transport materials.

    December15,2022


  • Xinjiang to see machines harvesting 80 pct of cotton

    Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year, with machines expected to do over 80 percent of the picking work, local authorities said.

    October13,2022


  • Two major ports in NW.China's Xinjiang record over 10,000 China-Europe freight trains since this year

    A China-Europe freight train full of 50 containers of daily necessities, auto parts, household appliances and other goods departed from the Horgos port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on October 6 to Malaszewicz, Poland, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.

    October08,2022


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