SILK ROAD to STEEL ROAD Xinjiang Lays Down the Tracks for Future Generations

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VOL.64 NO.24 JUNE 17, 2021 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM SILK ROAD TO STEEL ROAD Xinjiang lays down the tracks for future generations

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CONTENTS EDITOR’S DESK 20 From Desert to Orchard FEATURES 02 Revealing the Real Eco-restoration and protection in Aksu 36 When Politics Trumps Facts Xinjiang bear their fruits U.S. claims regarding the origins of the coronavirus 22 Diversity, the Xinjiang DNA are running out of support THIS WEEK Photographer captures the region’s 38 Quenching the Thirst Diversion project improves spatial balance of COVER STORY multihued multiplicity China’s water resources 12 The People Who Build 24 Redesigning the Future Xinjiang Today’s educational reform is vital to 40 Breaking the Babel Barrier One reporter uncovers her roots, tomorrow’s progress Learning Standard Chinese helps overcome challenges a tale of vigor and adventure 26 People of the Grassland 16 A Renewed Gateway to Horse riding along the grassland all year 42 Harmony Connects All The World round Huawei launches the second version of its Xinjiang, from landlocked open-source operating system backwater to land-linked OPINION logistics hub 30 The Spying Scandal and the CULTURE 18 A Journey to Middle-Earth Transatlantic Ties 46 Magic of Conservation New travel demands create new Europe must rebuild supervision of its Behind the scenes: culture relic conservation promotion of cultural heritage own intelligence agencies 32 Wildlife Protection Faces New EXPAT’S EYE Conundrum 48 Chez Guangdong The expansion of megafauna entails new The savor of south China caters to all palates alike question marks

Cover Photo: The Horgos land port in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (RYAN PERKINS)

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Revealing the Real Xinjiang A News Weekly Magazine Beijing Review reporters have recently visited work and what they want to do. Their personal Published Since 1958 Xinjiang, recording what is happening there freedom has never been restricted, nor are they through photos, videos and stories to share with forced to work. Like all Chinese people, they President: Li Yafang Associate Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo ours readers. are equally protected by the labor laws. Associate President: Yan Ying Xinjiang today has been very stable with People in Xinjiang have freedom of re- Content Director: Liu Yunyun no violent terrorist incident occurring for more ligious belief. There are 25,000 mosques or Executive Editor: Yan Wei than four years. Tourists all sincerely admire other venues for religious activities throughout Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Ding Ying the great improvements in the region’s security Production Director: Yao Bin the autonomous region, covering both cities Editorial Administrators: Zeng Wenhui, Hou Beibei situation, all the while tasting the various foods and rural areas, where people are free to per- Assistant Executive Editor: Li Fangfang and enjoying the wide-ranging landscape. Commentator: Lan Xinzhen form religious activities. Editors: Wang Hairong, Li Nan While cracking down on brutal terrorist activi- The cotton produced in Xinjiang is white Editorial Consultants: Elsbeth van Paridon, Ryan Perkins ties, the local government has been working Reporters: Tang Yuankai, Wang Jun, Pan Xiaoqiao, Yuan Yuan, and clean. The region contributes to more than Ji Jing, Lu Yan, Wen Qing, Li Qing, Li Xiaoyang, Ma Miaomiao, to nip in the bud the infiltration of extremist 80 percent of China’s cotton output. During Zhang Shasha, Tao Xing, Tao Zihui religious forces through education. Visual Director: Pamela Tobey cotton-picking season in September and Photo Editor: Wang Xiang Xinjiang prospers. In the first quarter of this October every year, Xinjiang will face serious Photographer: Wei Yao year, the autonomous region registered a GDP Art: Li Shigong shortages of manpower due to its small popula- Design Director: Wang Yajuan growth of 12.1 percent. Back in 2020, Xinjiang Chief Designer: Cui Xiaodong tion. Before machine-based pickup was widely eliminated absolute poverty for the first time in Designer: Zhao Boyu employed, workers from Shanxi, Henan, Proofreading: Ma Xin its history, and the region’s people entered the Gansu and other provinces were hired to come Human Resources: Zhang Yajie stage of a moderately prosperous society in all Legal Counsel: Yue Cheng respects together with the people of the rest of pick cotton in Xinjiang. North America Bureau The people of Xinjiang also harbor a lot Chief: Yu Shujun the country. Tel/Fax: 1-201-792-0334 Xinjiang is open to the outside world. It re- of doubts. They don’t understand the Western E-mail: [email protected] defamation of their homeland that they have Africa Bureau lates to the world through a dozen border ports. Chief Correspondent: Ni Yanshuo Through the ports of Alataw Pass and Horgos no “human rights” and “democracy,” and their Tel: 27-71-6132053 E-mail: [email protected] alone pass 9,000 trains of the China-Europe cotton is “black.” Nor do they understand why General Editorial Office Railway Express, demonstrating Xinjiang’s Western politicians and media outlets clasp to Tel: 86-10-68996252 the notion that a poorly developed Xinjiang is Fax: 86-10-68326628 advantages and position as a core area in the English Edition Belt and Road Initiative. what Xinjiang should be. Tel: 86-10-68996250 Advertising Department The people of Xinjiang have the freedom We welcome you to come and see the real Tel: 86-10-68995807 to choose their occupations, and it depends on Xinjiang without bias. This is the true aspira- E-mail: [email protected] Distribution Department their own desires as for where they want to tion of all Xinjiang people. BR Tel: 86-10-68310644 E-mail: [email protected]

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NAP TIME An aerial photo taken on June 7 shows wild Asian elephants in Jinning District of Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. The herd made a temporary stop there while migrating north. Asian elephants are mostly found in Yunnan, where their wild population has grown to about 300, up from 193 in the 1980s.

http://www.bjreview.com JUNE 17, 2021 BEIJING REVIEW 3 THIS WEEK SOCIETY XINHUA as provide a strong guarantee for the global realization of biodiversity goals, Li Yonghong, Deputy Director of Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center of the MEE, said. China will hold the COP15 from October 11 to 24, the MEE announced in March. The meeting, to take place in Kunming, will review the “post-2020 global biodiversity framework.” Themed “Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth,” the COP15 is the first global conference convened by the United Nations on the topic of ecological civilization. A Flying Leap in Life Seawater Students run out of an exam site after completing their college entrance exam at a middle school in Changsha, Hunan Province, on June 9. The annual college entrance exam, known as the gaokao, Desalination kicked off on June 7 with a record 10.78 million candidates signing up for the test. This is also the An action plan for seawater biggest-ever collectively organized event since the coronavirus outbreak, with millions of students desalination utilization develop- gathering in around 7,000 venues across the country. ment over the next five years has been issued, according to China Science Daily on June 4. Cross-Border and improved customer experi- innovation in areas including The action plan, jointly issued ence, Yang Ping, an operator system building, technology by the National Development E-Commerce with Alashankou international and management, as well as the and Reform Commission (NDRC) The customs of Alashankou Port, express railway company, said. balanced allocation of medical and the Ministry of Natural also known as the Alataw Pass, Alashankou is China’s clos- resources. Resources, is expected to pro- said that more than 57 million est railway port to the European mote the large-scale utilization cross-border e-commerce pack- Union. Biodiversity Meeting of seawater desalination and en- ages worth over 1 billion yuan A subsidiary event of the 15th sure the safety of water resources ($160 million) have been ex- Hospital Service Meeting of the Conference of in coastal areas. ported via the port since January China will make efforts to im- the Parties to the Convention China’s seawater desalination 2020, Xinhua News Agency prove the quality and efficiency on Biological Diversity (COP15) scale will exceed 2.9 million tons reported on June 7. of public hospital service, Li Bin, kicked off on June 6 in Kunming, per day by 2025, an increase Toys, digital products, deputy head of the National capital of Yunnan Province. of more than 1.25 million tons clothing and daily commodi- Health Commission, told a press Co-hosted by the Secretariat per day, according to the action ties manufactured across the conference in Beijing on June 7. Office of the Convention plan. Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Noting the rapid rise in the on Biological Diversity and Seawater desalination in Jiangsu and Guangdong have public’s need for medical and the Ministry of Ecology and coastal cities will increase by been shipped to Europe by road health services, Li said the move Environment (MEE), the two-day more than 1.05 million tons per transport and freight train since is necessary to support China’s event is themed “The business day by 2025, while the island ar- the cross-border e-commerce high-quality, sustainable and and finance journey to Kunming: eas will see an increase of more business was launched in the safe development. We are part of the solution.” than 200,000 tons per day. inland port in Xinjiang Uygur Last week, the General Office It aims to organize the The action plan also called Autonomous Region in January of the State Council issued a cir- business community and for the enhancement of water 2020. cular urging the improvement of representatives to discuss how supply security for seawater Streamlined customs clear- public hospital service, mapping enterprises could actively desalination, expanding the ance at the port has helped out six key tasks in the field. participate in and contribute to scale of seawater desalination slash delivery time and costs The circular highlighted biodiversity conservation, as well across industrial zones, improv-

4 BEIJING REVIEW JUNE 17, 2021 http://www.bjreview.com THIS WEEK XINHUA ing the water supply capacity for telecom technologies 3GPP is islands and ships, and exploring expected to initiate the research the application of desalination and development (R&D) of the technology. 6G international technical stan- China has constructed 123 dards by around 2025, ahead of seawater desalination projects the expected commercialization with a desalination capacity ex- around 2030. ceeding 1.6 million cubic meters China granted 5G licenses per day, according to the NDRC. for commercial use and started The action plan called for 6G R&D in 2019. strengthening technology development for seawater de- TCM Development salination, ensuring the safety of China has made continuous industrial and supply chains, and progress in the preservation, enhancing service capacity. inheritance and innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine 6G Commercialization (TCM), enabling it to take on a The world is expected to see the unique role in the safeguarding Bumper Harvest commercialization of 6G around and promotion of people’s health, A harvester at work in a wheat field in Xingtai, Hebei Province, on June 6. 2030, a report released on June Xinhua reported on June 8. 6 said. From April to mid-May, The next-generation mobile the Standing Committee of the communication technology National People’s Congress Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), TCM practitioners (or assistants) will integrate with advanced (NPC) sent inspection teams to read the report. can be ensured for every 1,000 computing, big data, artificial check the enforcement of the The report further said the persons. intelligence (AI) and blockchain, TCM law, which came into effect number of TCM medical institu- Highlighting TCM’s vital according to a white paper issued on July 1, 2017. tions had reached 66,000 by role in China’s fight against the by the IMT-2030 (6G) Promotion Wang Chen, Vice Chairman 2019, up 67.4 percent from 2012. COVID-19 epidemic, the report Group that was established in of the NPC Standing Committee, Accessibility of TCM services said that 90 percent of con- June 2019 under the guidance presented a report on the law’s has been improved, with 98.3 firmed cases had received TCM by the Ministry of Industry and enforcement for deliberation on percent of the country’s com- treatment. Information Technology. June 7. munity health centers and 97.1 China has also been pushing The report said the 6G With an annual growth percent of its township clinics for the open development of network will realize the deep rate of 17.3 percent, the Central able to provide such services, TCM, said the report, adding integration of the real physical Government allocated 8.6 billion said the report. that it has been introduced to world and the virtual digital one. yuan ($1.34 billion) in subsidies The report added that China 196 countries and regions, with According to the report, the for the inheritance and develop- had 767,000 TCM personnel 30 TCM centers established international organization on ment of TCM during the 13th by the end of 2020, and 0.45 overseas. XINHUA

Cleaner Beach Children and their parents pick up shells in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin on June 5. The city has worked on pollution control and shoreline management to restore its coastal wetlands, while implementing stricter measures on land reclamation.

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largest trading partner, followed the end of May, up $23.6 billion, market growth, stood above the Trade Growth by the EU and the U.S., GACC or 0.74 percent, from a month boom-or-bust line of 100 percent Foreign trade maintained its data read. The year-on-year earlier, according to data from at 100.2 percent in the month, upward momentum in the first growth rates of its trade value with the People’s Bank of China. down 3.1 percentage points from five months of the year amid the three trading partners stood “The forex market has April and returning to contrac- steady economic operation and at 29.2 percent, 28.7 percent, and maintained stable operation, tion after three consecutive external demand. 41.3 percent, respectively. with generally rational and months of growth, according to Total imports and exports China’s trade with countries orderly transactions,” Wang the China Federation of Logistics expanded 28.2 percent year on along the Belt and Road routes Chunying, deputy head of the and Purchasing (CFLP). year, up to 14.76 trillion yuan surged 27.4 percent year on State Administration of Foreign The sub-indices for bulk com- ($2.3 trillion) during the period, year, amounting to 4.36 trillion Exchange, said. modity sales and supply posted the General Administration of yuan ($681 billion). Although there are still slower month-on-month expan- Customs of China (GACC) said In May alone, exports uncertainties in the global sion in May, while the sub-index for on June 7. reached 1.72 trillion yuan ($268.8 economic and financial situation, stocks continued to decrease from It marked an increase of 21.6 billion), up 18.1 percent from a China’s economy has sustained the month before, pointing to an percent from the same period year earlier. Imports came to 1.42 a stable recovery, which will help earlier-than-expected slack season in 2019, data from the GACC trillion yuan ($221.9 billion), up keep forex reserves stable, ac- and greater operation pressure in showed. 39.5 percent. cording to Wang. the sector. Trade surplus increased 56.2 Though June is seen as a percent year on year, reaching traditional off-peak period, the 1.32 trillion yuan ($206 billion). Forex Reserves Bulk Commodity market is expected to be shored Foreign trade of private en- Foreign exchange reserves ex- Growth of the bulk commodity up by demand that had been terprises improved 38.1 percent, panded in May as the U.S. dollar market moderated to a five- weighed down during the past up to 7.02 trillion yuan ($1.09 weakened against other major month low in May, with industrial few months due to surging trillion), over the January-May currencies, driving up the value data reporting a month-on- prices, the CFLP said. period, making up 47.6 percent of China’s non-dollar holdings, month contraction in sales, Affected by global price of the national total. official data showed on June 7. supply and stocks. rises and excessive market The Association of Southeast China’s forex holdings The China Bulk Merchandise speculation at home, China’s Asian Nations remained China’s amounted to $3.2218 trillion at Index, a gauge of domestic bulk commodities witnessed a

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6 BEIJING REVIEW JUNE 17, 2021 http://www.bjreview.comhttp://www.bjreview.com THIS WEEK price rally in recent months. In the high growth to the low base needed if the target information All enterprise-related response, the country has been effect and the expansion of new- can be obtained via the new business licensing items will intensifying regulatory efforts to energy vehicle sales. channel. be included in the listing for fend off rising raw material costs Luxury car sales rose 13 By the end of 2022, a management. The listing will and stabilize the market. percent year on year in May. simplified, highly efficient, fair be dynamically adjusted and Compared with the same month and transparent industry access updated, and announced to the Car Sales in 2019, they surged 45 percent, rule with a low threshold and public for supervision. strict management will be estab- Sales of passenger cars in May reflecting robust growth amid lished to make administrative rose from a year earlier amid consumption upgrades, the Internet Business operations more convenient and stable recovery of the domestic association added. The business revenues of major predictable for market economy, data from the China entities. Internet companies totaled 467.6 Passenger Car Association Business Permits A total of 68 enterprise- billion yuan ($73.3 billion) in the showed on June 8. A full-coverage listing-manage- related business licensing items January-April period, up 27.8 Retail sales of passenger ment system will be adopted will be annulled nationwide, percent year on year, according vehicles, including sedans, sport for enterprise-related business with another 14 in pilot FTZs, to to the Ministry of Industry and utility vehicles, and multipurpose licensing items nationwide start- eliminate operating obstacles in Information Technology. vehicles, increased 1 percent year ing from July 1, according to a fields such as foreign investment The companies raked in on year, up to over 1.62 million State Council circular released and trade, engineering construc- 44.51 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) units in the month. on June 3. tion, transport and logistics, and in operating profits, climbing 27 The sales gained 1 percent in At the same time, more agency services. percent from the same period a May from April, the association reforms of the examination- Moreover, 15 enterprise- year earlier. said. and-approval system will be related business licensing items Their investment in research Passenger vehicle sales in the launched in pilot free trade will be transformed into record- and development maintained first five months reached over 8.36 zones (FTZs), the circular said. filing items, with another 15 in pilot rapid growth during the period, million units, a 38.1-percent rise A digital license system FTZs, to grant market access in up 19.3 percent year on year. The year on year and an all-time high for businesses will be available fields such as trade and circulation, growth rate was 14 percentage for the same period since 2011. nationwide by late 2022, with education and training, medical points higher than the 2020 The association attributed paper materials no longer services, food and finance. level.

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MOROCCO Students take the college entrance exam in Rabat on June 8 XINHUA XINHUA XINHUA  BELGIUM A woman relaxes in a Brussels park on June 9. Belgium’s summer plan entered into force that day with COVID-19 lockdown measures eased

 GERMANY Huawei’s first flagship store in Germany opens in Berlin on June 8. It is also the company’s fifth flagship store in Europe

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 NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO UK

China’s new ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, delivered his first message to British and Chinese citizens residing in the UK on June 7. Closer exchanges and cooperation between China and the UK will serve the interests of both sides, and contribute to world peace, stability and prosperity, according to Zheng. Zheng, 57, born in Guangdong Province, was appointed ambassador after his prede- cessor, Liu Xiaoming, concluded his term earlier this year. Zheng started his diplomatic career in 1986. He has largely concentrated on U.S.-related issues since 1990, when he took up office in the Foreign Ministry’s Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs and in China’s embassy in the U.S. He became assistant minister of foreign affairs in 2013 before being promoted to the post of vice minister. He also served as vice mayor of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, between 2010 and 2013.

Commercial Endowment and private deposit insurance programs. However, the commercial pension insurance Brilliant Bronze Insurance program has not been given full play. Economic Daily Civilization Developing insurance products focusing Lifeweek July 7 on the elderly has been a key strategy of com- June 7 At a recent meeting of the Political Bureau mercial insurance institutions in recent years. This comes in response to an increasing de- Archaeologists working at one of China’s of the Communist Party of China Central mand amid increasing social development, most historically significant sites recently Committee, members stressed the importance encouraging commercial insurance institu- unearthed a bronze statue that offers further of implementing policy measures that active- tions to explore the blue ocean. clues about the ancient civilization that cre- ly address the aging of the population during Doing so requires institutions to design ated it. The Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period. insurance products from the perspec- Province are believed to have originated The country’s retirement pension system tive of economic and social development. during the ancient Kingdom of Shu dating is based on state-run social security programs, Authorities should pay attention to this field back at least 4,800 years, however features of commercial pension insurance programs with a long-term vision.

“There are a lot of substandard and “The relations [between China and falsified COVID-19 products being ASEAN] will become stronger as China is commercialized out there. The advice of playing a bigger role in regional issues the WHO is that countries use vaccines and the RCEP would further foster that have received emergency listing.” regional cooperation.” Mariangela Batista Galvao Simao, Assistant Director Abdul Majid Ahmad Khan, former Malaysian ambassador General for Access to Medicines and Health Products to China, at a meeting on the 30th anniversary of dialogue of the World Health Organization, during a press relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference on June 7 (ASEAN) and China on June 7

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from this development include the ways to Manners in the Digital Era avoid abusing technology and the improper the statue show characteristics of the Shang People’s Daily collection of user data while creating positive Dynasty (about 1600-1100 B.C.), which ex- June 7 social values, and issues for individuals in- isted in China’s central plains during the same The Internet, big data, artificial intelligence clude the prevention of Internet addition and period. and other technologies have together built a ensuring users can distinguish reality from the With its protruding eyes and enlarged digital platform that has revolutionized the virtual world. ears, the recently unearthed statue is a typical way we interact with one another, seek en- Today, short video addiction has become example of those unearthed at the Sanxingdui tertainment and how we shop. However, our a problem for many people due to a lack of Ruins. However, the statue holds a zun, an increasing reliance on this platform presents understanding, ethics and laws amid accel- ancient bronze ritual vessel for holding water challenges that must be addressed. erating technological innovation. Therefore, or wine, on the head. The shape and pattern Ethical issues surrounding the Internet authorities should strengthen supervision of of the vessel were determined to belong to and big data have aroused public attention companies that behave improperly or break Shang Dynasty, indicating a degree of con- as more and more people begin to consider relevant laws. Society should also help enter- nection between the Shang and the ancient the regulations and requirements that should prises and individuals navigate digital ethical Kingdom of Shu. be imposed on the development of digital issues through measures that highlight values Based on the discovery of the statue, technologies, as well as their utilization and and morals in order to realize collaborative scholars now believe the Sanxingdui culture management. Issues for enterprises that arise governance in the digital era. to be a branch of the bronze civilization of the Shang Dynasty.  FINA’S FIRST FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT Bronzeware and its features offer impor- China’s first Olympic champion diver Zhou Jihong was voted to become vice presi- tant insights to researchers examining this dent during the International Swimming Federation (FINA) General Congress 2021 in period in China’s history and that the influ- Doha, Qatar, on June 5. She subsequently became the first female vice president in FINA ence of central plains culture can be seen in history. Sanxingdui and other sites demonstrates the Zhou, 56, broke the duck for China by clinching the women’s 10-meter platform title strength the culture exerted. at the 1984 Olympics. In 2017, she became chairwoman of the Chinese The Sanxingdui Ruins were one of the Swimming Association. At present, she is also the leader of the China’s greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th National Diving Team. century and were uncovered accidentally She was hailed as one of the principal architects of China’s formi- by a farmer digging a ditch in the 1920s. dable diving team, also known as the Dream Team, which collected an Authorities placed the site under state-level unprecedented haul of 40 gold medals from the previous nine Olympic protection in 1988. Summer Games.

“Biden administration’s decision to bar “Western theories on multilateralism and U.S. investors from pursuing financial its efficacy are based on the cooperation interests in Chinese companies is among homogeneous countries. But the neglectful and self-defeating. The rise of emerging countries such as China wasteful strategy cannot maintain the and India posed challenges to these technological dominance of the U.S. in countries, which began complaining that any way.” the world order had been compromised.” Bobby Naderi, a London-based journalist, commenting Zhang Yun, an associate professor at National Niigata to CGTN on June 8 University in Japan, in an article published on China Daily on June 7

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Views in Tekes County, in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

COVER STORY ighty-one-year-old Shi Huifang could never forget her life-changing decision to venture out into Xinjiang, a remote and bare land to her in north- west China, some six decades ago. THE PEOPLE She wanted to escape poverty and create a better life Efor herself by putting in hard work in a new place. At the same time, this was also a good chance for her to step away from a relationship with a young WHO BUILD man who she was not fully committed to. “His shanty with thatched roofs did hold me back,” Shi said, half jokingly. However, she didn’t expect her boyfriend to find XINJIANG out about her decision and give up his job as a hydrau- Understanding their efforts and lic engineer in Jiangsu, a province in east China, only to follow her to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, perseverance to transform the border region some 4,000 km away. By Li Fangfang Shi’s father, secretly hoping that someone could and would take care of his daughter in the totally

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