A mother’s kiss

Photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows a mother kisses and gives her son her best wishes after the first exam of national college entrance examination, also known as Gaokao, at Tacheng No.3 High School in Tacheng City, northwest China’s Xinjiang. It was the first day of the national college entrance examination, and outside the exam site, parents greeted their children in various ways as test takers walked out of the exam site. (Photo by Zhang Peiqi)

Xinjiang gifts

Photo taken on June 9, 2023 shows a member of the interview group displays the Kazak handicraft he purchased in Bogeda’er Village, Zhalemute Township, Wenquan County, Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Recently, the 2023 overseas Chinese media tour to Xinjiang visited Urumqi City, Turpan City, Yining City, Tekes County, and Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, etc., to conduct on-site interviews, vigorously promoting and recommending the beauty of Xinjiang and telling the world about Xinjiang’s unity and harmony, prosperity and wealth, cultural progress, comfortable living, and healthy environment. Reporters from 20 overseas Chinese media and 5 central media related to overseas Chinese, hailing from 16 countries and regions including Malaysia, Germany, Canada, Egypt, Venezuela, Indonesia, and Macao, took part in the interview activities. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Qin Meihua)

Sparks flying during welding

Photo taken on June 9, 2023 shows workers weld steel structures on the construction site of the photovoltaic silicon-based demonstration industrial park project at Qingdian Silicon Industry Co., Ltd.. The project is located in the southern part of the Hami High-tech Industrial Development Zone’s circular economy industrial park in Hami City, northwest China’s Xinjiang, and is being built by Qingdian Energy Group. And the overall plan is to produce 400,000 tons of industrial silicon, 200,000 tons of polycrystalline silicon, and 60 gigawatts (1 gigawatt equals 1 million kilowatts) of monocrystalline silicon ingot slicing, with an expected investment of 9 billion yuan. The completion of the Photovoltaic Silicon-based Demonstration Industrial Park will effectively promote the high-quality development of Hami’s photovoltaic industry, and drive the upgrading of the photovoltaic industry in Xinjiang. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Cai Zengle)

Infrastructure construction under high temperature conditions

Photo taken on June 7, 2023 shows workers install the supports at the construction site of the International Road Port Logistics Service Park in Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Toutunhe District) in Urumqi, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Under the high-temperature weather, the department of the international road port project of the Second Harbor Engineering Bureau of China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. has adopted a temporary work schedule of “working earlier in the morning and leaving later in the evening”, which allows workers to work during relatively cooler hours and rest during relatively hotter hours, and adopted measures such as extending the length of workers’ lunch breaks and setting up on-site tea rooms, in order to avoid situations such as heatstroke among workers at the construction site, while ensuring the smooth progress of all work and making sufficient preparations for the timely completion of the project. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Xie Long)

Opencast working

Photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows engineering vehicles operate in the Ulagen Zinc Mine Area of Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd. in Wuqia County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Since its establishment, the company has become the first enterprise in the lead-zinc industry to be selected for the national digital mine list. It also has been recognized as a national high-tech enterprise and an enterprise technology center at autonomous region level, and has become a second-level safety standardization enterprise. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Otkur Nijat)

Herdsmen moving from spring pastures to summer pastures

Photo taken on June 6, 2023 shows herdsmen drive their livestock from the spring pastures to the summer pastures. In June, herdsmen in Fuhai County, Altay Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang, began their annual summer pasture transfer, driving their herds from the spring pastures to the summer pastures, creating a spectacular scene. Hundreds and thousands of cattle and sheep climbed over mountains and crossed ridges under the guidance of herdsmen, forming a unique grassland landscape. (Photo by Ardak Bashan)

Increasing yield by fishing for microorganisms in Barkol Lake

Photo taken on June 5, 2023 shows workers fish for “golden sand” in Barkol Lake in Barkol Kazak Autonomous County, northwest China’s Xinjiang. Currently, the artemia in Barkol Lake has entered its peak spawning season. Artemia is a unique aquatic creature in Barkol Lake, and its egg is known as “golden sand”, which serves as a kind of shrimp feed. In recent years, with the restoration and improvement of the ecological environment in Barkol Lake, the artemia in the lake has brought a new way to increase income for farmers and herdsmen.

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