Tourism industry sees exchanges in Urumqi The 2017 Xinjiang Tourism Exchange Conference was held at Urumqi High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Urumqi on March 31.
The foreign trade volume of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region soared over 70 percent year on year in the first two months of 2017, local authorities said Friday.
The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, an unique and specialized paramilitary organization in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, will play a better role in ensuring local stability and fighting terrorism, a senior Corps official said on Thursday.
Lawmakers in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have passed China's first legislation on anti-extremism to prevent terrorism from spreading in the region.
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to increase freight trains operating to Central Asia and Europe to 400 this year, playing a pivotal role in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Tourists will soon be able to take sightseeing flights over the country's largest provincial region, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Cross-border renminbi settlement grew 44-fold to 220 billion yuan ($32 billion) in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region since the region launched the business in 2010.
Work has started on renovating three key highways in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as part of the region's efforts to improve transportation infrastructure.
