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Hui people dominate Arabic interpretation in Yiwu
Around 8,000 people of Hui ethnic group from northwestChina’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region are taking advantage of their language skills to explore their career opportunities inChina’s leading small-commodity center Yiwu, in eastChina’sZhejiangprovince, reported Ningxia Daily May 22, 2009. |
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Halal Food & Muslim Commodities Exhibition in Ningxia
Visitors buy clothing displayed at the Halal Food & Muslim Commodities Exhibition during the 2nd China (Ningxia) Hui (Chinese Muslim) Merchants Convention in Wuzhong, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, August 17, 2009. |
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Fight against drought in Tibet
A Tibetan farmer harvests wheat at a field inCaigungtangTownshipinLhasa,Tibet August 12, 2009. |
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Economic growth still Xinjiang's focus
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is striving to reach the targeted GDP growth rate of nine percent this year despite the July 5 riot that killed 197 people, the region's Communist Party chief said Sunday.
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Life span in Xinjiang rises 40 years in six decades
People's average life span in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has more than doubled in the past 60 years, a regional health official said Friday. |
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Uygur workers resume to work in factories outside Xinjiang
A county government in Xinjiang sent its first batch of ethnic workers to other areas in the country after "July 5" riot last month, People's Daily reported Friday. |
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Xinjiang to spend $790m for highway construction
Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will spend 5.4 billion yuan ($790.6 million) in the next two months to speed up highway construction, said a senior transport official Tuesday. |
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Govt investment doubles for kindergarten program in Xinjiang
Investment from the central government on bilingual kindergartens in the tension-plagued western region of Xinjiang will more than double from last year's level to reach 830 million yuan ($121 million) in 2009, local officials said over the weekend. |
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Ningxia bids to be Muslim trade hub
Ningxia will be celebrating its special ties with the world's Muslim community next month. More formally known as the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, this northwestern area of China will be hosting the 2009 China (Ningxia) International Trade and Investment Fair (CITIF) and will be focusing on building economic relationships with Islamic nations. |
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Hefty subsidy sought to salvage Xinjiang tourism
The tourism authority of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is seeking a 5-million-yuan subsidy from the regional government to help travel agencies survive in the wake of the July 5 violence. |
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Hefty subsidy sought to salvage Xinjiang tourism
The tourism authority of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is seeking a 5-million-yuan subsidy from the regional government to help travel agencies survive in the wake of the July 5 violence. |
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China's Xinjiang to get $100m loan from ADB
China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will receive a loan of $100 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for urban living improvements designed to spur sustainable growth and improve the environment, ADB announced Wednesday. |
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Int'l trade fair in Xinjiang opens amid slowdown
The fifth international trade fair in Kashgar, an important ancient Silk Road town in what is now the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, opened Sunday. |
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Tibet posts 190% growth in number of visits
Southwestern China's Tibet autonomous region received 720,237 visits from elsewhere in China and abroad in the first five months of this year, a growth of 190 percent on the same period of last year. |
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Turpan tourism ripens along with its grapes
That line from a popular Uygur ethnic tune of the last century might describe the feeling of summer tourists visiting an area now known as Grape Valley. |
