Xinjiang 7 Days' Images: Vibrant Xinjiang in light and shadow

The 2nd China Xinjiang Folk Art Season

Photo taken on September 3, 2026 shows the dance troupe of the 3rd Division of the XPCC performs Echoes of the Silk Road in Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On that day, the final for outstanding-program selection (folk dance category) of the 2nd China Xinjiang Folk Art Season, co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, kicked off in Kuqa City. (Photo by Yuan Huanhuan)

Wonderful board-shoe racing

Photo taken on September 3, 2026 shows athletes from the Aksu Prefecture team compete in the mixed 4×100-meter relay event in Kashi City, Kashi Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On that day, the board-shoe racing competition of the 15th Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Games and the 11th Traditional Ethnic Sports Games kicked off at Kashi Vocational and Technical College. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Li Xiongxin)

Thrilling competition

Photo taken on September 1, 2026 shows female contestants paddle hard in the event at Donghu Park in Kashi City, Kashi Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 400-meter dragon boat racing of the 15th Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Games and the 11th Traditional Ethnic Sports Games got underway at Donghu Park in Kashi City. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Li Xiongxin)

First-day ceremony

Photo taken on August 31, 2026 shows first-grade students from Changji Experimental Primary School take part in the drum-beating ceremony in Changji City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. On that day, the school held a creative enrollment ceremony for first-grade students. (Photo by He Long)

First conglomerate-reservoir CCUS demonstration project

Photo taken on September 1, 2026 shows exterior view of the CO₂ miscible-flood pilot test project for the Lower Karamay Formation reservoir in Block 8-530 of Xinjiang Oilfield Company. As Xinjiang Oilfield’s first CCUS project, it also serves as Xinjiang’s first CCUS demonstration project for conglomerate-reservoirs. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Zhou Peng)

Green-energy benchmark

Photo taken on September 1, 2026 shows workers inspect inside the solar-thermal power station of the million-kilowatt-scale integrated “solar-thermal + photovoltaic” comprehensive energy demonstration project of Three Gorges New Energy Hami Wind Power Co., Ltd. The project is China’s first million-kilowatt-scale integrated project of its kind. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Cai Zengle)

Intelligent patrol

Photo taken on September 3, 2026 shows a robot patrols at the plant area of the Wenjisang Gas Storage Cluster of PetroChina Tuha Oilfield. The Wenjisang Gas Storage Cluster has built an all-round video perception monitoring system and introduced robots for intelligent patrol inspections, greatly improving operational efficiency and safety. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/Cai Zengle)

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