China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the capital city of Urumqi, is located in Northwest China and is one of China’s five ethnic minority autonomous regions. Covering an area of ​​1.66 million square kilometers, it is the provincial administrative region with the largest land area in China, accounting for 1/6 of China's total land area. At the end of 2019, the permanent population was 25,232,200. In 2020, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will achieve a gross regional product (GDP) of 1,379.758 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4% over the previous year. In 2020, all 3.089 million poor people in Xinjiang will be lifted out of poverty.
Xinjiang has 55 ethnic groups, mainly inhabited by Han, Uygur, Kazakh, Hui, Mongolian, Kirgiz, Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek, Manchu, Daur, Tatar, Russian and other ethnic groups. It is one of China's five ethnic minority autonomous regions. According to the results of the sixth national census, Xinjiang ranked fifth in the proportion of the population with higher education in 24 provinces and municipalities. Xinjiang will fully implement the 14-year free education policy in southern Xinjiang, promote 14-year free education in other regions, and gradually realize 15-year free education in the region, namely 3 years before school, 6 years in elementary school, 3 years in junior high school, and 3 years in high school.
Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, with a land border of more than 5,600 kilometers. It borders Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. It is an important part of the ancient Silk Road in history. The channel is now the only place to pass through the second "Asia-Europe Continental Bridge". In the historical development, cultures are blended and blood is connected, and together they have created a glorious civilization. The ancient economic and cultural exchange link between the East and the West-the world-famous Silk Road stretches for more than 5,000 kilometers in Xinjiang, leaving countless natural heritage and cultural relics along the way. There are countless mysteries along this historical site. And magic.

In Xinjiang, there are high mountains and sand sea deposits. The Altai Mountains in the north, the Tianshan Mountains in the middle, and the Kunlun Mountains in the south span east and west. The Tarim Basin and Junggar Basin dominate the north and south. Formed into a landform commonly known as "three mountains and two basins", here is rich in natural resources, peculiar landscapes, long history and culture, and strong ethnic customs. It is an important tourist destination in China with extremely rich tourist resources.


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