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Xinjiang
Geography: Xinjiang is situated in the northeast border area of China. It neighbours Mongolia, Russia Federation, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and other countries. In China, it adjoins Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and other provinces. Xinjiang is far from the sea on all sides with typical continental climate. Natural Resources: Xinjiang is sparsely populated with rich resources. (1)Xinjiang covers one-sixth of the total area of China. It is a region with the largest land area of all the provinces and autonomous regions in China. It possesses 57.26 million hectares of grassland, among which, 48.01 million hectares can be utilized. Its total area of grassland ranks second in China. (2) The resource of water is rich in Xinjiang. There are over 570 big and small rivers. The amount of occupation of water per capita there is higher than national average level. (3) Xinjiang is extremely rich in biological resources. There are many preserved rare and precious types and genera. There are about 3,000 types of higher plants, making up 10% of the total in China. (4) Xinjiang is rich in mineral resources. There are relatively complete kinds of minerals. The already discovered 122 kinds of minerals make up 80% of the whole country, among which, 67 kinds of the deposits have already been proven, about half of the country, and the deposits of 8 kinds of minerals rank first in China. (5) The reserve of energy resources in Xinjiang is relatively rich. The major two are coal and oil. (6) Xinjiang is rich in tourist resources. It is a place of great interest for visitors both from China and other countries of the world. Economy: The gross domestic product (GDP) of Xinjiang in 1997 was 105 billion yuan, the total value of industrial and agricultural products 134.3 billion yuan, and gross national product (GNP) per capita 5,904 yuan; domestic volume of trade 31.042 billion yuan; gross volume of import and export US$ 1.447 billion; gross financial income 13.535 billion yuan; and grain output 8.2534 million ton. At present, Xinjiang's economy functioning presents a good situation of "high increase and low inflation". There are bumper harvest in agriculture and rapid increase in industrial production. Investment, consumption and export maintain a certain degree of increase. The financial and monetary situation keeps regular and the rising of commodity prices continues to fall. But at the same time with economy development, there appear problems that can not be ignored. The basis for further economic development is not stable yet; the pace for structure adjustment is still slow; the production management of state-owned enterprises is difficult; and total situation of the economic effect is still not ideal. People's life: According to the statistics by the end of 1997, there were 7.154 million employees in Xinjiang, making up 41.64% of its total population. The annual discretionary income per capita of the urban residents was 4,859 yuan and the pure income per capita of the farmers was 1,500 yuan. The actual living standard of the rural-urban residents was further increased and their housing conditions were continuously improved. In the entire autonomous region, consumers' expenditure per capita of the urban residents was 1,359 yuan. The dwelling space per capita for the urban and rural residents was 13.3 square meters and 16.13 square meters respectively. The average number of doctors per 10,000 persons was 25 and that of hospital beds per 10,000 persons was 41.7. Education: According to the statistics by the end of 1997, in Xinjiang there were 18 colleges and universities with the enrolment of 45,696 students and 7,837 teachers; 2,090 secondary schools with an enrolment of 104,980 students and 84,059 teachers; and 6,962 primary schools with 2,419,700 students and 119,184 teachers. Xinjiang's educational undertakings continue to develop; basic education is continuously strengthened and various adult education further developed. National Composition: Xinjiang is a national autonomous region where many nationalities live in compact communities. It is not only composed of many nationalities, but the proportion of national population is also very high. Over 90% of the population in 6 nationalities out of the 56 nationalities in China live in Xinjiang. When Xinjiang autonomous region was set up, 13 existing nationalities were confirmed. With the migration and moving, the number of nationalities keeps increasing. By the time of the national census in 1990, the number of nationalities in Xinjiang increased to 49. The population of Han nationality makes up 37.50% of the total population in Xinjiang. The population of minority nationalities was increased from 4.0424 million in 1949 to 9.4616 million in 1990. Annual increase rate was 2.10%. | ||
