Forty foreigners from 14 countries, including Pakistan, Georgia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, learned about the methods of traditional Chinese medicine for treating illnesses and promoting health, tasted herbal teas and medicinal pastes, and studied the identification of Chinese medicinal materials, gaining an up-close understanding of Chinese medicine culture and experiencing its charm.
Since mid-November, hundreds of herders have begun moving more than 100,000 livestock from autumn pastures in the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture to winter pastures in Wenquan county in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.