URUMQI - Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has earmarked more than 160 billion yuan ($24.7 billion) for infrastructure construction this year, its planning body said on Thursday.
A total of 163.4 billion yuan, or almost 55 percent of the region's total planned investment in 2016, will be spent on 223 major infrastructure projects, said Ahmat Manap, an official with the regional development and reform commission.
Key projects include the expansion of the Urumqi airport and the Xinjiang stretch of the power transmission line linking the Junggar Basin to East China's Anhui province.
Another 80 billion yuan will be poured into industrial projects, such as natural gas production and textiles, and 66.5 billion yuan into social causes including bilingual kindergartens and poverty alleviation, according to Ahmat Manap.
"Under the circumstances of the economic slowdown, these projects, totalling 440 in number, will play an important part in boosting Xinjiang's economic and social development," he said.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
