Building Dreams on the Frontier

[A 2025 Chinese Writers Association-supported key online literature work]

[Included in the eighth volume of the original literary series New Era Tianshan, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the autonomous region]

In 2010, the state introduced a policy to support Xinjiang through paired assistance. Xie Huiying, from Henan, saw the promise of southern Xinjiang’s development and came there to lease an orchard. With help from officials assigned to assist Xinjiang and the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative, she forged a path to prosperity that led from the orchard to the dining table, taking local specialties beyond Xinjiang and out into the world!