Uygur animators combine culture and technology

Pahardin Sherif, CEO of Qarluq Media Tech Co, expects his company to be the highlight of the sci-tech and cultural industry in western China in the next five to 10 years.

The company, which was registered six years ago in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is one of the largest producers, software developers and outsourcing service providers of UHD 3D digital animation in the country.

Qarluq is 50 times its size when it was established in 2008 and has maintained an average growth rate of 171.46 percent year-on-year. A total of 300 employees work in branches in Urumqi, Shanghai and Beijing.