Karamay is one of the three oil centers in China and a pillar of the country's economy. It has witnessed a hundred years of petroleum development.
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Karamay's Duzishan Oil Industry Base, built in the 1950s, was the first of its kind in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. It promoted the petrochemical industry in Xinjiang. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
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Oil workers challenge severe cold to develop oilfields in Karamay in 1960. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
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Simple surgical instruments used at the oilfield clinic in the 1960s. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
