Beautiful Xinjiang Huge Business Opportunities

    Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is located in northwest China, the center of Eurasia, bordering Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Xinjiang was called Western Region in ancient times, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty founded West Regions Frontier Command, Beiting Frontier Command and Anxi Frontier Command. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1884), the Qing Dynasty established Xinjiang Province. October 1, 1955 saw the establishment of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. With an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, it ranks first in China in terms of area. It has a population of 16.05 million consisting of 14 ethnic groups like Uyghur, Han, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Russian, Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek, Tatar, Daur, and Manchu. It administers 5 autonomous prefectures, 8 prefectures, 2 prefecture-level cities, 17 county-level cities, 6 autonomous counties and 62 counties, with Urumqi as its capital.
　  Xinjiang has an area equal to that of 16 Zhejiang Province but it had a GDP accounting for about one fifth of Zhengjiang Province in 2003.Xinjiang is now taking the opportunity of West Development, trying hard to integrate its advantageous resources to improve its economic development and influence.
    Xinjiang borders the 8 foreign countries of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan with a border line of more than 5, 000 kilometers. Xinjiang is China’s hub opening westward. It hosts 3 mountains (Altay Mountains, Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains) and 2 basins (Junggar Basin and Tarim Basin).    
    Xinjiang has been famous for the Silk Road since ancient times. Characterized by a brilliant history, ancient culture, historic and cultural sites, colorful ethnic customs, peculiar natural style, rich mineral resources, vast land, transport facilities and fresh fruits, Xinjiang attracts numerous tourists home and abroad. With advantageous resources of soil, light and heat, Xinjiang has developed oasis agriculture. It has a per capita farmland of 0.5 acre, and grassland of about 11.67 million acres. Its agriculture depends on irrigation while that in Turpan and Hami  on Karez. It produces wheat, corn and other grains, cotton, rapeseeds, flax, sesame beet and other economic crops, Turpan and Shanshan seedless grapes and melons, Korla pears, Yining apples, Yecheng pomegranates, Artux figs, Kuqa white apricots, Ili horses, Tacheng cattle, Fuhai fat tailed sheep, Sanbei sheep, Xinjiang fine wool sheep, multiple herbs like licorice, root of hairy asiabell safflower, and snow lotus. Xinjiang is the center mineral resources, melons and fruits, singing and dancing.
    Xinjiang has 3 national economic and technological development zones, namely Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone, Urumqi High-tech Development Zone, Shihezi Economic and Technological Development Zone and 3 Border Economic Cooperation Zones, namely, Yining, Tacheng and Bole, ranking first in China in terms of the number of economic and technological development zones. Singapore is characterized by advanced technology, scientific management and competitive investment capacity while Xinjiang is characterized by rich resources and broad domestic and international markets, and they have huge win-win cooperation space. So far, Singapore has already achieved good returns from its investment projects in Xinjiang. With West Development and improvement of infrastructure in Xinjiang, Xinjiang will provide a fine development environment to various industries. It is believed that it is the right moment to invest in Xinjiang.