Information on Xinjiang and Jilin

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located in the northwestern border of the motherland, with an area of 1.66 million square kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of the country, which is the largest province in China. Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of the Asian and European continents, with Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India, Afghanistan and other eight countries border, the border line of 5,600 kilometers, in the history of communication between the East and the West is known as the "Silk Road" of the key, and now has become a second

Xinjiang, anciently known as the Western Regions, has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times.

Xinjiang is a part of China since ancient times. 60 B.C., the central authority of the Western Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Office, and Xinjiang has been part of China's territory since then. 1884, the Qing Dynasty government set up a province in Xinjiang, and in 1949 Xinjiang was peacefully liberated, and on October 1, 1955, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was established.

Xinjiang now has 14 prefectures, states and cities, and 85 counties (cities), 33 of which are border counties (cities). The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps is an important part of Xinjiang, with 174 corps. As of the end of 2002, the population of Xinjiang was 19,051,900, an increase of 290,000, or 1.6%, over the previous year. In urban and rural areas, the urban population was 6,447,200, an increase of 115,100, or 1.8%, and the urbanization rate was 33.8%; the rural population was 12,604,700, an increase of 174,900, or 1.4%. By gender, the male population was 9,632,600, an increase of 1.0%; the female population was 9,419,300, an increase of 2.2%. The annual birth rate was 16.3 per thousand, the death rate was 5.4 per thousand, and the natural population growth rate was 10.9 per thousand.

The topography of Xinjiang can be summarized as "three mountains and two basins". Altay Mountains in the north, the Kunlun Mountains in the south, the Tianshan Mountains across the center. Altai Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains sandwiched between the Junggar Basin, an area of about 200,000 square kilometers; Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains sandwiched between the Tarim Basin, an area of about 530,000 square kilometers, the Taklamakan Desert is located in the middle of the Basin, covering an area of about 330,000 square kilometers, is China's largest and the world's second largest mobile desert. The Tarim River is about 2,100 kilometers long, the longest inland river in China. In the eastern part of Xinjiang there is the Turpan Basin, with the lowest point of -154 meters, which is the lowest altitude in China. Xinjiang has a typical temperate continental arid climate with an average annual natural precipitation of more than 100 millimeters. The region's mountain ranges melt snow to form many rivers, oasis distribution in the basin edge and river basin, oasis total area of about 5% of the area, with typical oasis ecological characteristics.

Xinjiang has a unique soil, water, light and heat resources. Long sunshine hours, cumulative temperature, day and night temperature difference, long frost-free period, the total annual solar radiation is second only to Tibet, very favorable for crop growth. 2001 end, Xinjiang existing arable land of 4,166,000 hectares of arable land, per capita possession of arable land of 3.4 acres, per capita arable land area of 1.5 acres of the country's 2.4 times. Xinjiang is one of the five major pastoral areas in the country, with a large number of excellent pastures around the three mountains and two basins, and the total area of natural pasture is second only to Inner Mongolia, ranking second in the country. The total annual runoff of surface water in Xinjiang is 79.4 billion cubic meters, ranking 12th in the country, and the per capita possession of surface water is 2.2 times of the national average. The recoverable amount of groundwater is 25.2 billion cubic meters, and the glacier reserves account for 50% of the country. But because Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of the Eurasian continent, the climate is arid, water resources are affected by seasonal factors, the spatial and temporal distribution of extreme imbalance, surface water evaporation, resulting in some parts of the lack of water resources, restricting the further development of the economy of these areas.

The advantages of Xinjiang in the development of specialty agricultural products are outstanding, and many products are well-known at home and abroad. The main cotton, hops, safflower, wolfberries, tomatoes, cantaloupe, Turpan grapes, Korla pears, Hotan pomegranates. Cotton accounts for more than 40% of the country's total production, hops accounts for 70%, wolfberry accounts for more than 50%, saffron accounts for more than 60%. Natural medicinal resources are also abundant, and those that have some influence in the country include ephedra, rooibos, licorice, shellfish, cistanchia, comfrey and snow lotus.

Xinjiang has a full range of minerals, large reserves, and broad prospects for development. At present, 138 kinds of minerals have been discovered, of which 5 kinds of reserves rank first in the country, 24 kinds rank in the top 5 in the country, 41 kinds rank in the top 10 in the country, and 23 kinds rank first in the northwest region. Petroleum, natural gas, coal, gold, chromium, copper, nickel, rare metals, salt minerals, building materials and non-metals are abundant. Xinjiang oil resources of 20.86 billion tons, accounting for 30% of the national onshore oil resources; natural gas resources of 10.3 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 34% of the national onshore natural gas resources. Xinjiang has huge potential for oil and gas exploration and development, with a very promising prospect. The predicted resources of coal in Xinjiang are 2.19 trillion tons, accounting for 40% of the country. Gold, gemstones, jade and other resources in a wide variety of ancient and modern well-known.

Tourism resources in Xinjiang are rich and unique. According to the "China tourism resources census specification" resource classification, in China tourism resources 68 basic types of Xinjiang has at least 56 kinds, ranking first in the country. Xinjiang's natural landscape is peculiar, ice peaks and fire continent **** exist, the vast sea and oasis as a neighbor, the natural style of rough, unique combination of landscapes. Famous natural landscapes include Tianchi, Kanas Lake, Bosten Lake, Sayram Lake, Bayinbruk Grassland and so on. Xinjiang is rich in humanities tourism resources, "Silk Road" is world-famous, "Silk Road" in Xinjiang, more than 5000 kilometers of the south, north, and in the three trunks, leaving hundreds of ancient cities, ancient tombs, thousands of Buddha caves, ancient cantonment sites and other humanistic landscapes, among them: Jiahe Old City, Gaochang Old City, Loulan Site, Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave, Fragrant Princess Tomb, etc. are famous in China and abroad. Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic settlement area, the culture and art of various ethnic groups, customs, constitutes a rich ethnic characteristics of tourism and humanities landscape, loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.

The biological resources of Xinjiang are rich in species, varieties, unique varieties, excellent characteristics, development and development potential. Xinjiang wildlife amounted to more than 4,000 species. There are more than 10,000 local and introduced varieties of crops, many of which are of excellent quality. Xinjiang's local livestock and poultry breeds have excellent characteristics such as adaptability, disease resistance and roughage tolerance. Xinjiang is also the original origin center and secondary center of many kinds of fruit trees, and is rich in fruit tree resources, of which there are about 300 excellent varieties. Natural medicines, such as ephedra, rooibos, licorice, bezoar, snow lotus, etc., are widely distributed and of high quality, with unique qualities and excellent characteristics.

After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, the economic and social development of Xinjiang has made great achievements. The comprehensive strength of the national economy has been strengthened significantly, and a national economic system based on agriculture and led by industry has been established, initially forming a regional economic pattern based on the economic belt of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountain, with railroads and highways as the backbone, and regional and district economic centers as the pivot points to radiate and drive the development of the regional economy.In 2002, the region's GDP was 159.828 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 percent over the previous year, and an increase of 6 percent over the previous year. The growth rate was 8.1%, the same as that of the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was 30.500 billion yuan, up 5.0%; the added value of the secondary industry was 67.210 billion yuan, up 8.4%, of which the added value of the industry was 47.300 billion yuan, up 8.6%, and the added value of the construction industry was 19.910 billion yuan, up 7.9%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 62.118 billion yuan, up 9.6%. In the GDP, the added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries accounted for 19.1%, 42.0% and 38.9% of the GDP respectively, of which the proportion of primary industry decreased by 0.3 percentage points, the proportion of secondary industry decreased by 0.4 percentage points and the proportion of tertiary industry increased by 0.7 percentage points. GDP per capita was 8,365 yuan, up 6.2 percent.

The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery for the year was 52.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year. Among them, the agricultural output value of 36.3 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%; animal husbandry output value of 14.8 billion yuan, an increase of 8.9%; forestry output value of 1.1 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%; fishery output value of 300 million yuan, an increase of 2.1%. Cultivation of structural adjustment efforts to increase, "special, excellent, high" industry development faster, grain, vegetables, fruits and other specialty crops sown area increase, cotton sown area reduction. Annual grain sown area of 1,494,000 hectares, an increase of 7.1%; cotton sown area of 944,000 hectares, down 16.4%; oilseed sown area of 215,100 hectares, down 1.1%; sugar beet sown area of 87,600 hectares, an increase of 2.5%; vegetable sown area of 150,000 hectares, an increase of 19.1%. Annual grain production of 8.71 million tons, an increase of 9.4%; cotton production of 1.5 million tons, a decline of 4.5%; oilseed production of 430,000 tons, an increase of 0.8%; sugar beet production of 4.55 million tons, the same as the previous year; 5.63 million tons of vegetables, an increase of 15.6%; 2.35 million tons of fruit melons, an increase of 50.4%; 1.97 million tons of fruit, an increase of 27.7%.

The region's industrial added value of 47.3 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of light industry was 7.9 billion yuan, an increase of 12.5 percent; the added value of heavy industry was 39.4 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8 percent.

Annual yarn production of 317,000 tons, an increase of 4.7%; 524,000 tons of sugar, an increase of 24.8%; 380,000 tons of canned goods, an increase of 82.7%; 300,000 tons of beverage alcohol, an increase of 1.4%; 2.21 million pieces of wooden furniture, an increase of 15.7%; 29.1 million tons of raw coal, an increase of 3.2%; 20.36 million tons of crude oil, an increase of 4.6%; the processing volume of crude oil 10.5 million tons, an increase of 3.5%; power generation of 21 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 6.3%; 1.754 million tons of steel, an increase of 33.1%; finished steel products of 1.52 million tons, an increase of 13.1%; 10.3 million tons of cement, an increase of 5.0%; 157,000 tons of ethylene, a decrease of 7.4 %; fertilizer (pure) 760,000 tons, an increase of 4.3%; transformers 11.79 million kVA, an growth of 16.9%.

The annual export delivery value of industrial products 2.36 billion yuan, an increase of 28.8% over the previous year. Industrial product sales rate of 99.4%, up 0.9 percentage points. Among them, the light industry product sales rate of 97.4%, up 3.2 percentage points; heavy industry product sales rate of 99.9%, up 0.4 percentage points.

The comprehensive index of economic efficiency of industrial enterprises above designated size for the whole year was 136.5%, down 6.8 percentage points from the previous year. Among them, the contribution rate of total assets decreased by 1.3 percentage points, the value-added rate of assets increased by 2.9 percentage points, the asset-liability ratio decreased by 3.5 percentage points, the turnover rate of current assets accelerated by 0.2 times, the cost-expense margin declined by 3.0 percentage points, and the labor productivity of all employees increased by 6,142 yuan per person . Year. Enterprise loss of 41.6%, up 3.2 percentage points from the previous year.

Infrastructure construction in Xinjiang has made great achievements, and the investment environment has improved significantly. Over the past two decades, a total of 487.975 billion yuan has been invested in a large number of key infrastructure projects, such as the first phase of the Tarim Agricultural Irrigation and Environmental Protection Project, the Uluwati Water Conservancy Hub Project, the first phase of the Eerqis River Basin Development Project, the South Xinjiang Railway and its westward extension, the North Xinjiang Railway, the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway Duplicate Line, the Desert Highway, the Tuk-Wu The high grade highway of Tuk-U, U-Kui-Kuai highway, and fiber optic cables in the north and south of Xinjiang. At present, at the end of 2002, the operating mileage of railroads was 3,010 kilometers, the same as that of the previous year; the mileage of highways was 59,200 kilometers, an increase of 2.6%; the mileage of civil aviation was 172,000 kilometers, an increase of 6.3%. All kinds of transportation completed cargo turnover 75.999 billion tons of kilometers, an increase of 6.4%, of which the railroad 42.530 billion tons of kilometers, an increase of 6.6%; highway 29.797 billion tons of kilometers, an increase of 8.0%; civil aviation 0.82 billion tons of kilometers, an increase of 30.2%; pipeline 3.590 billion tons of kilometers, an increase of 5.6%. Completed passenger turnover of 33.076 billion person-kilometers, an increase of 6.8%, of which 10.6 billion person-kilometers of railroads, an increase of 1.8%; 18.560 billion person-kilometers of highways, an increase of 9.0%; civil aviation 3.916 billion person-kilometers, an increase of 10.9 %.

The total post and telecommunications business for the year amounted to 9.453 billion yuan, an increase of 49.0% over the previous year. Among them, the total telecommunication business amounted to 8.790 billion yuan, an increase of 53.7%; the total postal business amounted to 663 million yuan, an increase of 6.4%. At the end of the year, the penetration rate of fixed-line telephone was 33.8%, the penetration rate of mobile telephone was 15.8%, and there were 448,000 Internet users.

The year received 9,679,400 domestic tourists, an increase of 13.3%; domestic tourism revenue of 8,395 million yuan, an increase of 16.9%. Received 275,400 international tourists, an increase of 0.9%, of which Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots 41,600, a decline of 23.5%; international tourism foreign exchange earnings of 99.42 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.9%.

While the economy is developing, the social undertakings such as science and technology, education, culture, health, sports, broadcasting and so on are progressing in an all-round way, and the living standard of the people is improving. By the end of 2002, the region had 387,700 professional and technical personnel of all kinds, an increase of 0.7% over the previous year. Has registered 207 major scientific and technological achievements, including 9 basic theory achievements, 193 applied technology achievements, 5 soft science achievements. Throughout the year **** accepted 1,239 patents, 627 authorized patents. The annual appraisal of technology contracts 1350, an increase of 2.8%; turnover amounted to 1.007 billion yuan, an increase of 22.2%. Steady development of education, in 2002, the region's 24 ordinary colleges and universities, 132,300 students, an increase of 22.4%; ethnic minorities have made remarkable achievements in education, all types of schools in the ethnic minorities in the number of students accounted for 46.0% of the number of students in the region. Cultural endeavors are thriving, with radio population coverage reaching 91.6% and TV population coverage reaching 91.7%. Medical and health conditions have greatly improved, and the county and village three-tier medical and preventive health care network has been further consolidated; as of the end of 2002, there were 8,627 health institutions in the region***, of which 1,440 were hospitals and sanitariums, 182 were centers for disease prevention and control, and 82 were women's and children's health care institutions; there were 66,800 hospital beds in the region, of which 65,000 were in hospitals and sanitariums. There are 91,900 health technicians. There are 810 township health centers, with 9,728 rural doctors and health workers.

Xinjiang is a piece of treasure land being developed in the west of the motherland, with very broad prospects for development. In the new century, the implementation of the western development strategy will greatly accelerate the pace of development and construction in Xinjiang, narrowing the gap between Xinjiang and the mainland provinces and regions, and realizing the prosperity of all ethnic groups *** with *** with progress. In the past two years, the central government has been increasing its support for Xinjiang in terms of investment and policy, especially the comprehensive development of the Tarim River Basin and the construction of a series of large-scale projects such as the West-East Gas Pipeline, which will vigorously promote the upgrading of Xinjiang's industries and drive the rapid growth of investment, and will have a huge impact on economic and social development.

In the next five to ten years, we will enter a new stage of development in which we will vigorously implement the strategy of developing the western part of the country, build a moderately prosperous society in all aspects, and accelerate the construction of socialist modernization. We will seize the opportunity to deepen reforms, expand opening up, continuously strengthen the comprehensive economic strength and strive to improve people's living standards. It is planned that GDP will grow at an average annual rate of 8 per cent in the first three years, and at a rate of more than 10 per cent in the next seven years, so that by 2010, we will have achieved a GDP that is more than double that of 2000, with a relatively well-off people, and with a relatively complete socialist market economic system. To this end, we will continue to implement the market-oriented advantageous resource conversion strategy, science and education and sustainable development strategy, actively expanding domestic demand, strengthening infrastructure construction, and focusing on cultivating new economic growth points; with the goal of enriching the people and strengthening the district, we will effectively push forward the transformation of the economic system and the mode of economic growth, and comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of economic growth; with the reform and opening up and scientific and technological progress as the driving force, we will actively adjust and optimize the The industrial structure, strengthen the basic position of agriculture, take the road of growing pillar industries, the development of special economic; focus on supporting the best and the strongest, and promote the coordinated development of the regional economy; increase the ecological environmental protection and construction, to achieve sustainable development of population, resources, environment and society; strengthen the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, improve the quality of all people, and promote the overall progress of society.