Xinjiang, key sending hub in China’s west-to-east power transmission program
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Staff members work at the main control room at the Barkol converter station, the sending end of the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project, in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 10, 2025.
Xinjiang is a key sending hub in China’s west-to-east power transmission program.
Once considered economic obstacles, Xinjiang’s vast deserts and arid landscapes have been transformed into a renewable energy goldmine, blessed with strong wind and long hours of sunshine.
Since 2010, Xinjiang has cumulatively transmitted over 900 billion kilowatt-hours of power outside the region, with renewable energy accounting for approximately 30 percent of the total. The electricity supply coverage extends to 22 provincial-level regions across China. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
A drone photo taken on July 6, 2025 shows power lines of the Changji-Guquan ±1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 22, 2025 shows a power plant of the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 1, 2023 shows a convertor station of the Hami-Zhengzhou ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Feng Yang/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 23, 2025 shows a solar power station of the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
This photo taken on July 5, 2025 shows power lines of the Changji-Guquan ±1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 10, 2024 shows a view of the Santanghu wind power farm in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
A drone photo taken on April 26, 2025 shows the power lines of the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Yang Yingzhou/Xinhua)
This photo taken on July 6, 2025 shows power lines of the Changji-Guquan ±1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)
A staff member checks the cables of the Hami-Chongqing ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 19, 2025. (Photo by Du Jinming/Xinhua)
Staff members patrol along the power lines of the 750 kV grid around the Tarim Basin in Yuli County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 27, 2024. (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.…
