Uygur girl helps her mom's big dream come true

"She can now churn out 3,000 products each day, almost six times more than what she did at the beginning," her colleague Wang Yan said.

Impressed by Aynur's hard work and intelligence, the manager appointed her as the production line leader in March 2018.

"My salary has increased from 3,000 to 4,500 yuan ($425 to $650) per month, but that also comes with greater responsibility. I am now in charge of the whole production line of 38 employees, including 16 local people from Anhui," Aynur said.

Aynur had a holiday this March for the first time since she came to Hefei. She brought back all her savings of over 50,000 yuan.

"I took out about 25,000 yuan to help my mom open a convenience store of 30 square meters in the village. The rest of the money will be used to improve the family's living conditions and send my brothers to college," Aynur said.

Pairing assistance, a national strategy in China to channel financial and personnel support to less developed regions, has significantly boosted progress and social stability in Xinjiang and will continue to help the region achieve prosperity.

A total of 19 provinces and municipalities across China are engaged in pairing assistance for different parts of Xinjiang. Enterprises from Anhui province have actively responded to the call by setting up factories and accepting surplus labor from Hotan, according to Han Dazhi, Party chief of Pishan County Vocational and Technical School.

After three weeks at home, Aynur returned to Hefei where she is going to spend the last few months of her internship. Born into a farming family, she still cannot believe she has come so far.

"The store has been open for three months. It runs pretty well with an average daily turnover of 1,500 yuan," Aynur's mother Buwizure happily told her over the phone.

Xinhua