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Before 1949, Xinjiang suffered from economic depression, blocked transportation and poor people’s livelihood. The average life expectancy was only 30 years old. Most farmers and herdsmen lived in adobe houses and yurts, traveled by donkey carts and on foot, and suffered from extreme shortage of education and medical care. Over the past 70 years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the support of the whole country, Xinjiang has achieved a historic leap, completely eradicated absolute poverty, and built a happy home with peaceful living, unity and harmony, prosperity and development.

Economy and People’s Livelihood: The regional GDP has increased by hundreds of times, and 3.0649 million rural poor people have been lifted out of poverty; the average life expectancy has increased to 77 years old, 15-year free education covers southern Xinjiang, and the consolidation rate of compulsory education exceeds 99%; affordable housing, safe drinking water, power grid communication and public services are fully covered, and people have moved from “surviving” to “living well”.

Urban and Rural Outlook: From donkey carts to popular cars, high-speed railways and connected flights; from adobe houses to modern affordable residential areas; from deserts and Gobi to continuous oases and improving ecology; cities such as Kashgar, Yining and Urumqi integrate ancient and modern, rural revitalization is comprehensively promoted, and the lives of people of all ethnic groups have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Governance Pattern: With sustained social stability, harmonious coexistence of ethnic groups, religious harmony, parallel development and security, Xinjiang has become a model of border governance and modernization of multi-ethnic areas in China.