Getting on the right track

Adi Turdi, the first bullet train driver in China from the Uygur ethnic group, said his daughter will be among the passengers on the maiden journey of Xinjiang's bullet train.

"I will buy my 4-year-old daughter a ticket to take the train once the line is put into use. As far as I know, people from all of Xinjiang's ethnic groups are waiting excitedly for the line to come into operation," the 34-year-old said.

"My family is very happy and proud that I will be the first Uygur to drive a bullet train," he said.