App

Xinjiang's progress in figures
Updated: February 21, 2021 13:42 Xinhua

URUMQI — Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has made progress on various fronts over the past five years, according to a regional government work report delivered earlier this month.

The following are facts and figures showcasing Xinjiang's progress:

— The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents in 2020 reached 34,838 yuan ($5,389.4) and 14,056 yuan, respectively, with an average annual growth of 5.8 percent and 8.3 percent over the past five years, respectively.

— Xinjiang has bid farewell to absolute poverty, with a total of 3.06 million rural people lifted out of poverty and all 35 poverty-stricken counties removed from the poverty list.

— In 2020, Xinjiang's road mileage reached 209,000 km; the region has a total of 22 civil airports, ranking top among all provincial-level regions; the railway operation mileage reached 7,398 km, with trains reaching all cities and prefectures.

— In 2020, Xinjiang's total cotton output was 5.16 million tons, accounting for 87.3 percent of the country's total output; the output of specialty forestry and fruit products amounted to 11.2 million tons.

— Over the years, 70 percent of Xinjiang's fiscal expenditure and 80 percent of aid funds from 19 provinces and municipalities have been spent at the grassroots level and on improving people's livelihoods.

— Xinjiang's tourism industry has entered the fast track. In 2017, Xinjiang received 100 million tourists from home and abroad; in 2019, the number reached 200 million; despite the impact of COVID-19, the number exceeded 158 million in 2020.

Copyright© www.gov.cn | About us | Contact us

Website Identification Code bm01000001 Registration Number: 05070218

All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to www.gov.cn.

Without written authorization from www.gov.cn, such content shall not be republished or used in any form.

Mobile

Desktop

Copyright© www.gov.cn | Contact us

Website Identification Code bm01000001

Registration Number: 05070218