Introduction to Circular Economy in Urumqi - Europe-China Clean ...

1. Fact Overview
Urumqi is the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,
centre of Xinjiang's political, economic, cultural, transportation,
science and technology, information. It is a China-oriented
international routes in West Asia as a hub of the city, a window of
open policy.
Urumqi city has a total area of 14,300 km 2 (urban area of 339.23
km 2) , including seven districts and one county, two state-level
development zones and an export processing zone. The resident
population of 3.2121 million by end of 2011.
The central government and the government of autonomous
region pay a great attention and effort to development of Urumqi,
especially on air pollution control, to be a central city of western
China, a international trade centre toward to middle and western
Asia, with multi-ethnic harmony livable Tianshan oasis ecological
garden city.