In Urumchi, the regular Xinjiang Silk Road Ice and Snow Festival continues to impress the visitors.
read more CHINA (XUAR): Chinese Airline Company has opened regular flights from Urumchi to Dushanbe
Xinjiang branch of the Chinese South Airlines (CSA) launched the regular flights Urumchi-Dushanbe.
read more CHINA (XUAR): Ancient rock paintings are found in Xinjiang
On the territory of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region there were found four rock paintings whose age, according to the experts, is 2300 years.
read more CHINA (XUAR): New railways are being built in Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region.
Starting from July 2009 tourists can reach dry Lop Nur lake region by train. The lake lies in the northeastern part of Tarim Basin of Xinjiang- Uygur Autonomous Region,
read more CHINA (XUAR): The construction of a new Irkeshtam checkpoint has been started on the China-Kyrgyzstan border
In Ulugchat district (XUAR), the utmost western point of the country, there was started the construction of a new Irkeshtam border checkpoint.
The new checkpoint is located in 140 km from the acting checkpoint and will occupy the territory of 3,5 square kilometers.
In June 2009 in the Ily Valley of Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, there will be organised the First International Tourist Festival. The festival is initiated and sponsored by Tourism Administration read more CHINA: China is building the second railway line to Central Asia
After 4 years of intensive building activities, in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region there was completed the construction of a railway tunnel linking Jinghe, Inin and Horgos in the west of Xinjiang. This 13.6-kilometre-long tunnel caves in the northern part of the Tien Shan mountains and is an integral part of the country’s second railway line to Central Asia. read more