Updated: 2017-04-18URUMQI -- Xinjiang plans to spend 14.4 billion yuan on the construction or expansion of 17 airports this year to enhance the region's role as a transport terminal linking China with Central Asia. Fourteen are transport airports located in the cities of Urumqi, Kashgar, Aksu, Yinin...

In 2000, when Michael Marsden first arrived in Kashgar, he was amazed to discover an ancient Silk Road oasis that had served as a melting pot for different religions and cultures from the West and the East.He never expected that he would eventually settle down, meet his future wife, have two childre...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group opened three online malls on Monday to help sell more specialties from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the rest of China and the world.Announcing the move, Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of the group, said it is apart of the agreement Alibaba G...

Xinjiang hosts local commodities promotion for overseas businessmenBy Liao Yuan ( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-08-05A Xinjiang commodities promotion got off to a flying start in the city of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 4. The event, geared towards international bu...

The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China's prime cotton-growing area, plans to pump some 20 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) into its textile industry to create jobs and maintain social stability, local officials in its Beijing representative office said on Friday. "The push for textile development wi...