Under the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), Xinjiang has been designated as a national base for wind and solar energy, coal production, oil and gas reserves, and a key electricity transmission corridor.
As a key hub along the Belt and Road and a vital node linking Asia and Europe, the region is transforming from a traditionally inland area into a frontier of China's opening up.
Students play musical chairs during the summer sports meeting at a primary school in Kashgar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Coriou Andre, 64, an athlete from France, said he has only participated in endurance races of 100 kilometers per day for two days and mostly on flat tracks in the previous years.
This discovery fills the gap in rock painting types among the 32 cultural relics sites at Sayram Lake, which is a major national cultural heritage site, and enriches the evidence of the long-term activities of ancient people in this area.
