Fishery thrives in landlocked Xinjiang By AYBEK ASKHAR | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-01-19 09:06 Share CLOSE A fisherman catches fish on his boat in Bohu county of Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
According to Guinness World Records, Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is further from the sea than any other city in the world.
But that hasn t stopped China s westernmost region from shattering its cliched dry, barren and deserted image by developing a successful fishery in its Bortala Mongolian autonomous prefecture.
Liang Jing, an official from Wenquan county in Bortala, said the reason lies in its Sayram Lake, a place where the locals believe warm and humid ocean air ends up.