Photos taken on Oct 1, 2015 show the autumn scenery of Kanas, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
A series of photographs, chosen by China Daily, highlight just some aspects of the lives of the region's 22 million people.
Children play table tennis at a table transformed from a long bench in the old town of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 20, 2015. Kashgar, the westernmost city in China, was the center of Uygur civilization for centuries, a place where people came together to trade and spread Islamic learning, on the caravan routes from Europe and Persia to China.
Top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng on Sunday praised local residents for their efforts in fighting terrorism and urged them to cherish stability and unity as he visited Shache County of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang.
In recent days, Urumqi has commissioned all the proposed lights, making the lighting project a complete success. It is learned that the city has finished lighting on the major roads and subdistricts as well as 65 iconic buildings in 2015, while comprehensively altering and upgrading those constructed in the previous years, building itself a scenic city of Splendid Nights, for the arrival of the 60th anniversary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. [Photo/Xinjiangnet]
Prospect of harvesting can be seen everywhere in the high autumn. Orderly working Grass cutters, hayrakes and bale press, as well as the well-organized rolls of grass, constitute an impressive landscape on the pasture of Grand Prairie in Zhaosu county, northwest China's Xinjiang, Septmber 14, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]
Hunan Dream Start E-commerce Co., Ltd, one company on the 13th floor of the Entrepreneur Plaza in Lugu Industrial Park, Changsha, Hunan province, is run by Adili Maimaititure, a Uygur youth from Shache county, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region
The Kazak ethnic group, with a population of 1.5 million, mainly lives in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Gansu province and Qinghai province.
Mulberry paper making is a traditional handicraft of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang. It is handmade and today only a few families still produce it.
Models present Atlas silk in the Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Aug 25, 2015.
A visit to an oasis turns into a culinary treat of authentic Uygur flavors in the late hours.
