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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
The ringing of caravan bells from a thousand years ago still seems to ring in the ears, long since replaced by the drawn-out whistles of trains that echo along the renewed Silk Road.
Xinjiang, located inland, has today become a key region and a vital hub. Across vast, fertile plains, waves of ripening wheat sway and green corn ripple. "Xinjiang Grain" makes a significant contribution to China's food security. Modern "silver falcons" soar into blue skies dotted with white clouds, as the "Air Silk Road" transforms inland regions into hubs of openness. Amid the endless sands of the Gobi Desert, wind turbines rise like a forest, and photovoltaic panels stretch like a sea, supplying high-quality green energy and giving it a powerful impetus. More than 26 million people from all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, united, are working hard and moving forward, writing a new historical chapter in a new era on a new path.
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In Khorgos, Xinjiang, 35-year-old Ilzat Nizati works as a "carrier" of Chinese cars. He transports new cars abroad, delivering them to Kazakhstan, and then returning on an international bus. There are now approximately 4,000 other "carriers" like him in Khorgos. Li Hongfeng, Deputy Head of Khorgos Customs, said that Chinese cars are in high demand in Central Asian markets. From January to August of this year, 237,000 cars were exported through the Khorgos checkpoint, a 5.3% increase over the same period last year.
At the Torugart border crossing in Xinjiang, Mamatzhuma Sharbai no longer has free time during the agricultural off-season. The crossing's truck yard, located near his home, requires a large workforce. Now he can earn money without traveling far from home. Xinjiang's Ulugbek County, thanks to two state-approved border crossings open to the outside world—Torugart and Irkeshtam—is home to approximately 500 registered businesses, which require thousands of workers annually.
Xinjiang, with "five air crossings linking eight countries and a highway connecting Europe and Asia," has 19 crossings approved by the State Council and open to the outside world. Xinjiang is consciously integrating its regional opening-up strategy into the overall national plan for westward opening-up, continually deepening and expanding its comprehensive opening-up, creating a "golden corridor" between Asia and Europe and a springboard for westward opening-up.
Today's Xinjiang's gates are opening ever wider, and its global "circle of friends" is constantly expanding. In 2024, the volume of imports and exports for Xinjiang as a whole amounted to 434.16 billion yuan, surpassing the 200, 300, and 400 billion yuan marks of 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively. Each year marks a new milestone and new achievements.
Xinjiang is not only China's gateway to the West, but also a treasure trove of rich culture, majestic mountains and rivers, and abundant energy and mineral resources, with enormous potential for development.
The quality and efficiency of development are improving. In Xinjiang's Junggar Basin, the development profile of "oil, gas, and new energy" is constantly evolving. "This year, we have once again achieved a historic breakthrough: the total oil and gas equivalent of Xinjiang Petroleum Company will reach 20 million tons," said Ding Chao, head of the Field Development Department of Xinjiang Petroleum Company of China National Petroleum Corporation.
Industrial chains are expanding. Naomaohu, a small town in Yiwu County, Hami City, was once sparsely populated and remote but has now attracted numerous enterprises employing tens of thousands of skilled technicians. Duan Xuan, Party Secretary of Xinjiang Guanghui Environmental Protection Technology, said, "Starting with coal mining, we have steadily expanded our industrial chain and have now formed a closed-loop green economy industrial chain worth hundreds of billions of yuan, integrating deep coal processing, large-scale energy logistics, and related services, as well as providing services to dozens of enterprises in Xinjiang and beyond."
From a "backwater" to a "springboard," from the main battlefield for poverty alleviation to a "stronghold," "base," and "barrier," Xinjiang has achieved unprecedented success in socio-economic development and improving people's livelihoods. According to data, Xinjiang's gross regional product increased from 749.947 billion yuan in 2012 to 2053.408 billion yuan in 2024, exceeding 2 trillion yuan for the first time, with an average annual growth rate of 7.0%. Per capita GRP increased from 33,495 yuan in 2012 to 78,660 yuan in 2024, demonstrating a nominal increase of 1.3 times.
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On the border of Wensu and Wushi counties in Aksu County, a "giant dragon" stretches across the Kumarak River valley. This is the Xinjiang Dashixia Dam, with a maximum dam height of 247 meters, which has set a world record for the highest sand and gravel dam with a concrete lining.
On September 20, the Dashixia Dam officially launched the process of closing the spillway and filling the reservoir, marking a major step toward fully realizing the comprehensive benefits of this key infrastructure project in southern Xinjiang, encompassing irrigation, flood protection, and power generation. "Upon completion, the project will be able to ecologically supply 3.42 billion cubic meters of water annually to the Tarim River, mitigating water shortages in downstream irrigated areas covering more than 8 million mu (approximately 5.33 million hectares), and will also help local communities achieve higher crop yields and incomes," said Wang Fengbin, deputy chief engineer of the project.
On the edge of the Taklamakan Desert stretches endless salt-flooded lands. "80% of our fields are planted with Chinese tamarind trees, and drip irrigation allows us to save about 20% of water compared to previous methods, and everyone is very active," said farmer Chen Hong from Hai'an village in Tumushuq.
A single drop of water reflects the enormous changes in Xinjiang's land: over the past 70 years, the region's irrigated land area has increased from 16.81 million mu (approximately 1.12 million hectares) at the founding of the People's Republic of China to 99.17 million mu (approximately 6.61 million hectares) in 2024, while grain yield per mu has risen from less than 100 kg to 524.8 kg in 2024, ranking first in the country. With only 3% of China's water resources, Xinjiang has demonstrated impressive results in agricultural production.
Centralized water supply projects are being implemented across vast rural areas. 169,500 kilometers of water supply networks, like capillaries, stretch across Xinjiang's vast rural areas, including 54,600 kilometers of main pipelines and 114,900 kilometers of intra-village distribution networks. The availability of tap water in rural Xinjiang has reached 99%.
Each and every one of these touching stories clearly demonstrates the principle of “sticking together like pomegranate seeds.”
Today's Xinjiang is full of vitality, dynamism, and burgeoning potential, creating an atmosphere of stability, harmony, and prosperity. All the peoples of Xinjiang, following the grand plan outlined by General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping, are united and resolutely moving forward, striving to write Xinjiang's chapter in the history of Chinese modernization.
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