According to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission: In 2016, Xinjiang plans to arrange 440 key projects with investment exceeding 300 billion yuan.
In 2016, Xinjiang's key projects remain concentrated in the fields of water conservancy, transportation, and energy. These include starting construction on water conservancy projects such as Phase II of the Northern Xinjiang Water Diversion Project, the Saertuohai and Yulong Kashgar River water conservancy hubs, and the Kurustai Grassland Ecological Restoration Project; accelerating the construction of a batch of large and medium-sized reservoir projects such as Altash and Karabelli; completing a batch of key projects including the Beitun—Altay Railway, the Karamay—Tacheng Phase I Baikouquan to the eastern section of Tiechanggou Railway, the Bole—Wenquan national and provincial highway, the relocation and reconstruction of Qiemo Airport, and the expansion and reconstruction of Hotan Airport; accelerating the construction of projects such as the Korla—Golmud Railway and Lines 1 and 2 of the Urumqi Urban Rail Transit; completing the supporting new energy projects for the Hami South—Zhengzhou ±800 kV ultra-high-voltage direct current transmission project and participating in power transmission; accelerating the construction of the Zhundong—East China (Southern Anhui) ±1100 kV ultra-high-voltage direct current transmission and transformation project and supporting power source projects; and launching preliminary work for the Hami North—Xinyang, Henan ±800 kV ultra-high-voltage direct current transmission project. At the same time, focusing on projects given priority under the Silk Road Economic Belt core area, grasping key projects such as major infrastructure connectivity and the China-Europe freight train assembly center, accelerating and improving preliminary project work, and ensuring that a batch of projects such as the energy “three bases—one corridor” and the “five major centers” start construction. Continue to support infrastructure construction in the Kashgar and Horgos economic development zones, and accelerate infrastructure construction in the Urumqi Comprehensive Bonded Zone and the Alashankou Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
Zhang Chunlin, Director of the Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission, stated that in 2016, administrative delegation will be further deepened to provide quality services for key project construction; funding raising efforts will be intensified and project construction funds actively secured; early action will be emphasized to accelerate the construction of key continuing projects; multiple measures will be taken to strongly advance preliminary work on major projects; a continuous selection of projects that conform to industrial policies will be made, preliminary preparation work will be carried out without interruption, the project pool will be continuously enriched, and a reserve mechanism and virtuous cycle of continuous and rolling implementation will be formed; and a problem-oriented approach will be maintained to intensify project inspection.