ByWangXinyuanUnderthestrongleadershipoftheCPCCentralCommitteewithComradeXiJinpingatitscore,XinjiangUygurAutonomousRegionhasadheredtotheXiJinpingThoughtonSocialismwithChineseCharacteristicsforaNewEra,andhasfollowedthroughtheParty’sstrategyforgoverningXinjianginthenewera.Sincethe18thCPCNationalCongress,northwestChina'sXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegionhaswitnessedfastandstabledevelopmentinallareasoverthepastdecade.Hereisanoverview.GDPgrowthinXinjiangXinjiang'sGDPreachednearly1.6trillionyuan($230billion)in2021,twicewhatitwasin2012;GDPpercapitain2021reached61,725yuan,nearlydoublingthefigureof33,909yuanin2012.Backin2012,addedvalueoftheprimaryindustrywas132.057billionyuan;addedvalueofthesecondaryindustrywas356.075billionyuan;addedvalueofthetertiaryindustrywas264.9billionyuan.Whilein2021,addedvalueofthefirstindustryreached235.606billionyuan,up7.9%yearonyear;addedvalueofthesecondindustryhit596.736billionyuan,up6.7%yearonyear;addedvalueofthetertiaryindustryamountedto766.023billionyuan,ayear-on-yearincreaseof6.9%.ContributionofthethreeindustriestoGDPrespectivelystoodat14.7%,37.4%,and47.9%.PopulationgrowthinXinjiangAhealthypopulationisessentialfortheexistenceanddevelopmentofhumansociety.Alleconomicandsocialactivitiesarecloselyrelatedtopopulation.Itsgrowthinfluenceseconomicandsocialdevelopment,andnationalsecurityandprosperity.Overthepastdecade,thepopulationinXinjianghasgrownfrom22.53millionin2012to25.89millionin2021.AllofChina's56ethnicgroupscanbefoundinXinjiang,withUygur,Han,KazakandHuithelargestgroups.Theethnicgroupsgenerallychoosetoliveamongeachother,whilesomeliveinconcentratedcommunitiesoftheirown.UrbanizationinXinjiangUrbanizationrateincreasedsteadilyovertheyears,reaching57.26%in2021.Xinjiangispromotingpeople-orientedurbanizationandwillrealizebasicurbanizationby2035.Agroupofemergingcitieswillgrow,andthecitieswillexpandandgathermorepeople,accordingtothewhitepapertitled“XinjiangPopulationDynamicsandData”.DisposableincomeofresidentsinXinjiangThepercapitadisposableincomeofresidentsin2021reached26,075yuan,morethantwicethefigurein2012;urbanresidentshadapercapitadisposableincomeof37,642yuanin2021,comparedwith17,921yuanin2012;ruralresidentshadapercapitadisposableincomeof15,575yuanin2021,comparedwith6,394yuanin2012.Inthefuture,Xinjiangwillenjoyamorestableandharmonioussocietyandamoreprosperouseconomy.Itwillguaranteefulleremployment,ensureequalaccesstopublicservices,andestablishasoundandmultitieredsocialsecuritysystem,sothatallpeopleintheregionwillleadbetterlivesandhaveastrongersenseoffulfillment,happinessandsecurity.Editor:ZhangZhouDisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.