The Chinese government has been of great service to the 13,800 Chinese Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, via chartered flights that have departed the country since Tuesday.
After five years on the waiting list, Wang Wancheng finally boarded a chartered flight from China to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday night for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
Zhuang Shihua, director of the hospital affiliated with the Xinjiang Armed Police Corps in Urumqi, has been on the force for 39 years.
Three people died and four others were injured after a natural gas pipeline under construction exploded Friday in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 11:21 am Friday (Beijing Time).
Four renowned Chinese realistic painters presented Xinjiang inspired oil paintings to the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sept 10.