Kashgar region belongs to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, known as Shule in ancient times, located in the central Eurasian continent, the northwestern part of the People's Republic of China, the southwest of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, east of the Taklamakan Desert, northeast of Keping County and Awati County of Aksu Region, northwest of Kyzyl-Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture Ofitush City, Ucha County and Aktau County, southeast of The Hotan Region of Pishan County. The Kashgar region is bordered by Tajikistan to the west and Afghanistan and Pakistan to the southwest, with a total border length of 888 kilometers. The neighboring countries are Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and India. The total area of the region is 162,000 square kilometers, with a width of about 750 kilometers from east to west and 535 kilometers from north to south. The Kashgar Regional Administrative Office is located in Kashgar City, which is the political, economic and cultural center of Kashgar Region, and the only famous historical and cultural city in China in Xinjiang. In 2010, the Kashgar Economic Development Zone was established as the sixth special economic zone in the country, becoming the first special economic zone in Chinese mainland.
Kashgar region is located in the western border of the motherland, located in the southwest of Xinjiang, north of the Tianshan Mountains, west of the Pillow Pamir Plateau, south of the Karakoram Mountains, east of the Taklamakan Desert, with a total area of 162,000 square kilometers, of which the oasis area is 27,400 square kilometers. There are 1 city and 11 counties under the jurisdiction of the district, namely Kashgar City, Yecheng County, Bachu County, Maigeti County, Yingjisha County, Shule County, Shufu County, Shache County, Zepu County, Jiashi County, Yuepuhu County, and Tashkurgan County, with a total population of 3.5 million, of which Uyghurs account for 90%, Han ethnic groups account for 8%, and other ethnic minorities account for 2%, which is a Uyghur-dominated ethnic minority settlement.
Kashgar has a long history, with a written history of more than 2,000 years. In 60 BC, the Han Dynasty set up the Western Regions Protectorate in Xinjiang, and Kashgar was officially included in the territory of the motherland as part of the Western Regions. In the Tang Dynasty, it was also the famous "Four Towns of Anxi" - Shule Town. Before the opening of the sea route in the fifteenth century, Kashgar, as the traffic point of the ancient "Silk Road", has always been an international commercial port where Chinese and foreign merchants gathered and cultural exchanges between the East and the West converged. Kashgar is the only state-level historical and cultural city in Xinjiang, which embodies the characteristics of Uyghur folk customs, culture and art, and architectural styles, and is the most typical and representative in the whole of Xinjiang. Kashgar is the western gate of the motherland and has been a military strategic point since ancient times. It borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and India, and has four ports: Hongqilaf Port, Turgat Port, Irkeshtan Port and Karasu Port. With the opening of the Korla-Kashgar section of the South Xinjiang Railway in 1999, the opening of the Kashgar Airport Port in 2004 and the opening of the Kashgar-Islamabad in Pakistan, Kashgar has ended its distant closed history and has become an international avenue for China to enter Central Asia, West Asia and Europe, and a bridgehead for opening to the west, and its strategic position has become more prominent. ??? Kashgar has great potential for the development of various resources. The conditions of light and hot water soil are unique. The average annual surface runoff can reach 11.7 billion cubic meters, and the dynamic reserves of groundwater can reach 5 billion cubic meters. The existing cultivated land is 6 million mu, and the reserve cultivated land resources are 15 million mu, and the agricultural development potential is huge. There is plenty of sunshine here, a frost-free period of about 220 days, and annual effective melons, fruits and other cash crops grow. Kashgar is a vast area with complex terrain and is a rich area of mineral resources, with more than 30 kinds of minerals such as gold, copper, aluminum, zinc, nickel, vanadium, titanium, crystal and mica. Gypsum reserves rank among the best in the country, and serpentine reserves rank third in the country. Oil, natural gas, jade and other mineral reserves are abundant. The ancient cultural landscape and unique natural landscape of Kashgar region are intertwined, and the tourism resources are very rich. There are the famous Apakhogga Tomb (Xiangfei Tomb), Atiga Mosque, Ban Chao Memorial Park, Yusufu Hashajiv Tomb, Yerkand Khanate Ruins, Muhammad Kashgari Tomb, Gaotai Residence, Mor Pagoda, Tang Dynasty City, Stone City and other historical sites, which are a good place to trace the historical and cultural changes in the Western Regions. There are a variety of natural landscapes and original scenery such as jogri peak, the world's second highest peak, Muztag Peak, known as the "father of icebergs", and primitive poplar forests, deserts, oases, glaciers, snow ridges, and primeval forests can be enjoyed here. Kashgar is jointly investing heavily with Beijing Zhongkun Group to build a golden tourism route, so that the unique western style can be seen in front of the world.
Since liberation, Kashgar has gone through a glorious course of more than 50 years, and like the whole country, it has undergone earth-shaking changes and presented a scene of vitality. In 2003, the GDP reached 10.51 billion yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 5.01 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 1.85 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 3.65 billion yuan; the local fiscal revenue was 524 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 1482 yuan. The food zone is balanced and self-sufficient. Cotton has an annual production capacity of 6 million cartons and is the largest regional-level commercial cotton base in the country. Apricots, walnuts, pomegranates, badan wood, sour plums, pistachios and other high-quality dried and fresh fruits have formed a scale of 2.5 million mu, with an annual output of 500,000 tons of fruits, which is a famous "melon and fruit town". The animal husbandry industry in agricultural areas has obvious advantages, with nearly 13 million heads (only) of livestock, accounting for about one-sixth of the whole of Xinjiang, and the annual meat output can reach more than 200,000 tons. From scratch, industry has formed more than 10 categories such as textiles, coal, electric power, agricultural machinery, agricultural and sideline products processing, food processing, building materials, chemical industry, papermaking, plastic processing, etc. Water conservancy, transportation, energy and other infrastructure has been greatly improved, and a three-dimensional transportation network of roads, railways and aviation has been initially formed, and the appearance of the city is changing with each passing day. Social undertakings are thriving, science and technology education is developing rapidly, and there are 1522 schools of various types. There are 830,000 students in school, and the coverage rate of the radio and television population has reached 95.4% and 94.1% respectively. The cause of sports is vigorously developing and it is an advanced area for mass sports in the country. The medical and health industry has developed and grown on an almost blank basis, and there are 215 hospitals of all types at all levels. It has basically formed a three-level mass cultural network of prefectures, counties, and townships. The building of socialist spiritual civilization with national unity as the main content has yielded fruitful results; national unity, military-civilian unity, and military-local unity have been continuously strengthened; good relations of heart-to-heart, common breathing, and common destiny have been formed among various nationalities; a handful of ethnic separatists have been isolated and attacked; and the political situation of stability and unity has been continuously consolidated and developed. In the new stage of the new century, following the implementation of the strategy for the large-scale development of the western region, the party Central Committee has made special strategic arrangements for Xinjiang's development and stability and given preference and support from all aspects. For Kashgar, which accounts for one-sixth of Xinjiang's population and a quarter of its peasants, the take-off of the real economy is facing excellent development opportunities. In accordance with the requirements of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, Kashgar has proposed to firmly seize the key strategic opportunity period in the first two decades of this century, open up a major passageway out of the west and east, give full play to the location advantages of neighboring countries and the advantages of cluster ports, speed up the establishment of "two bases and one center" (commodity processing bases from the east to the west, commodity distribution bases and commercial and tourism shopping centers for westward sales, and commercial and tourism shopping centers) through long-term unremitting efforts to build Kashgar into the core area of the Central Asian economic circle. By 2020, we will strive to more than quadruple the gross domestic product from 2000, and strive for an average annual economic growth rate of 12% in the first decade. The first step is to reach 16.7 billion yuan in gdp by 2007, with an average annual growth rate of 12%, doubling from 2000. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 6.3 billion yuan, an average annual growth rate of 6%; the added value of the secondary industry is 4 billion yuan, an average annual growth rate of 20%; the added value of the tertiary industry is 6.4 billion yuan, an average annual growth rate of 15%; the local fiscal revenue reaches 800 million yuan; and the per capita income of farmers reaches more than 2,000 yuan, making the improvement of the people's living standards more significant.