Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang opens
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
People pose for a photo alongside the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2025. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
An aerial drone photo taken on June 30, 2025 shows the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Photo by Wang Youbo/Xinhua)
A car runs on the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2025. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
A car runs on the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2025. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
This photo taken on June 30, 2025 shows yurts for catering services run by local villagers alongside the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
A car runs on the Altay-Hemu highway in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2025. The 209.45-kilometer-long highway linking Altay City and Hemu Village opened officially on Monday, connecting a number of tourist destinations. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
