- Since 1953, China has used five-year plans to set long-term development goals and guide major projects, productive capacity distribution and key economic balances.
- As a major energy and resources hub in northwest China and a key gateway for the country’s opening up, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plays an indispensable role in China’s modernization drive.
- As China has increasingly opened up, partly due to the advance of cooperation under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Xinjiang has transformed from a relatively closed inland region into a gateway for the country’s opening up to the west.
Xinjiang charts its course for the 15th Five-Year Plan
