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.

The central government and regional government of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have invested about 3 billion yuan (430 million U.S. dollars) into promoting public culture development over the last five years.