The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, also called Xin for short, is located in northwestern China. Largest in area in all the province-level administrative regions of China, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers an area of 1.66 million sq.km, one sixth of Chinese territory. Situated in the hinterland of Eurasian continent, Xinjiang of China borders eight countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirghiziastan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. The geographic position of Xinjiang makes it very important in strategy. In history, Xinjiang served as the key controlling section of the well-known Silk Road, while now it is an unavoidable part of the railway leading to the second Eurasia Continental Bridge.
Xinjiang boasts rich and diverse tourist resources. Landscapes here are both unique and beautiful. If you come here, you will be attracted by wild landscapes and particular combination of natural sights. Here, you can see snow-capped mountains stand in very hot land, and deserts neighbor on oases. Over 1000 kinds of wild animals and plants live in Xinjiang, including many unique grasses and trees, and animals.
As a treasure land under development in the west of the motherland, Xinjiang enjoys a bright prospect for development. In the new century, with the implementation of the strategy of west development, the development of Xinjiang is surely to be accelerated greatly to narrow the gap between Xinjiang and inland provinces and regions and accomplish the common prosperity and common progress of all ethnic groups.
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