TIANSHANNET

Kader Rahman, a 46-year-old embroiderer in the city of Hami in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is helping lift over a hundred people out of poverty using traditional Hami embroidery.

Two years ago, Zhongxi, a youth of ethnic Tuvan group, made a big decision to form a band playing traditional Tuvan music. As time goes on, his four-piece group has become a hit in his hometown.

Mamani never thought he would ski 300 kilometers from his hometown in the mountains to the city of Altay in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.