Police shot down 14 rioters who attacked a police station in Hotan city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Monday, a Communist Party official in Hotan said Wednesday.
Nineteen provinces and municipalities have spent a total of 4.28 billion yuan ($659 million) to support health sector development in western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region over the past year.
One person was missing and 61 others were saved after mountain torrents swept a construction site in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Friday, the local government said Saturday.
Four people are missing after flash floods washed away three trucks Sunday in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the local government said Monday.
He Guoqiang (2nd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and who is also secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee, visits a home in a community of low-rent houses in Yining, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 13, 2011.
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo has called for promoting "leapfrog development" and "lasting stability" of northwest Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region during his four-day visit of the far western area.
A grape field at a scenic spot is strewn with debris after a sudden flood in Turpan in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 20, 2011. The scenic spot was temporarily shut down due to the damage.
Three people were confirmed dead after a mudslide Saturday in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local government sources said Sunday.