Discover Xinjiang: Women in workforce breaking barriers

A homestay business owner, a factory manager and a hospital in charge show the true picture of professional women in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Nuryam Ruzi opened her homestay business, riding on Agexiang township's tourism boom.

Confident and smiling, Maryam Mamatali is just like a chic cosmopolitan girl while speaking of her job as a factory manager at Nanda New Agriculture Group in Kashgar.

If you want to learn more about women's welfare in Xinjiang, Ding Guifeng, an experienced gynecologist and head of Urumqi Youai Hospital, is the go-to source.

Watch this video to find more.

You can also read about these and other women in Xinjiang here.

Photographer: Yin Weihao
Video editors: Yin Weihao and Zhao Siyuan
Supervisors: Xin Dingding, Mao Weihua and Zhang Chunyan
Producer: Han Lei