Stories from Xinjiang · China

Following the founding of New China, the state organized urban youth to relocate to rural and remote areas to establish farms to solve urban employment issues. Xinjiang will receive 30,000 youth from Shanghai, along with 7,000 each from Wuhan and Tianjin. The plan also includes 500 each for Tangshan and Baoding, and 5,000 from Zhejiang province. In the 1960s, nearly 100,000 educated youths from Shanghai relocated to Xinjiang to participate in its development. The Shanghai Municipal Labor Bureau reported in August 1956 that over 100,000 youths turning 16 annually needed to join production labor. Premier Zhou Enlai visited Xinjiang in July 1965, spending two days inspecting the Shihezi area and meeting with Shanghai youth. Zhou Enlai stated that while one's birth origin cannot be chosen, one's future can be, said service to the proletariat revolution and self-transformation.

The Xinjiang provincial government is providing knowledge services, professional guidance, and enrollment assistance for individuals interested in becoming foster families. The government encourages families with one child and those aged 50-59 to become foster parents.

A wind power technician, Zhang Yong, was commended for his skill in diagnosing a drill rig fault by listening to the machinery.

You Liangying, a physician born in 1970 from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, has been recognized for her work in the 13th Division, 11th Company. Born in 1970, You moved from Chongqing to Xinjiang at age 21.

China has established a 24-hour monitoring network to track wild camel migrations between the Annanba and Xinjiang Luopo protection areas. The system includes 7 monitoring lines and over 400 kilometers of optical communication cables with a coverage rate exceeding 90 percent. Each monitoring station is equipped with drones, observation towers, and warning signs to minimize human interference. Officials plan to integrate artificial intelligence to analyze data collected via satellite imagery and ground sensors. Future plans include integrating artificial intelligence for data analysis of animal populations. China is implementing an all-weather, visible monitoring network to protect key ecological zones. Projections indicate that average annual electricity consumption growth in Chinese data centers will reach approximately 20% between 2024 and 2030.