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28 Xinjiang companies obtain AEO senior certification

January 29, 2021

Four enterprises in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have obtained Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) certification this year, bringing the total number of companies with the qualification to 156, including 28 with AEO senior certification, according to Urumqi customs.
Xinjiang accelerates fixed-asset investment in 2020

January 28, 2021

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region saw booming fixed-asset investment (FAI) growth in 2020 as the region picked up pace in development, official data showed Wednesday.
Aksu bakers turn "nang" into big business

January 28, 2021

Listening to a folk song called the Nang of Aksu, Yusufujiang Kuerban, a villager in Aksu city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, begins to bake nang - a flatbread and staple food of the Uygur ethnic group - in a local nang industrial park, on Jan 24.
Xinjiang's digital economy grows by 10 percent in 2020

January 27, 2021

Xinjiang's digital economy grew by 10 percent in 2020, accounting for 26 percent of the autonomous region's total GDP, according to local authorities.
Planting blackcurrants helps bring prosperity to Fuyun in Xinjiang

January 22, 2021

The compressors are working, and the plump blackcurrants are turning into juicy pulp at an agricultural development company in an industrial park in Fuyun county, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Radical changes in Xinjiang over the years

January 21, 2021

As of 2019, a total of 2.92 million people, 3,107 villages and 22 counties in Xinjiang have been lifted out of poverty. The poverty rate has dropped from 19.4% in 2014 to 1.24%.
AI tool speeds up origin certificate approval at Urumqi customs

January 21, 2021

A certificate of origin was issued soon after an employee of a foreign trade company in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region sent an application to Urumqi customs through the internet on Jan 18.
Official challenges birthrate assertions

January 19, 2021

China rebutted on Monday speculation made by foreign media and politicians over population growth changes in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, saying that these were caused by various factors including changing attitudes toward marriage and raising children.