Photo taken on July 13, 2019 shows a morning view of Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has surged by more than 200 times over the past 60-plus years, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.