Xinjiang, after becoming the biggest base for China’s oil and gas supply, is ready for the development of the world’s largest National Park, from China Daily:
Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has planned to build the world’s largest national park by integrating the scattered neighboring tourist resorts into a whole…
Kanas geological park, almost 1,000 kilometers north of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, boasts a range of landscapes, including the Kanas Lake, China’s deepest alpine lake, snow-capped mountains and grassland.
The park has attracted more and more tourists since it opened in the 1980s. It received 917,000 tourists in the first 10 months this year, a 32 percent growth over the same period of last year, and the figure is expected to exceed one million by the end of this year. [Full Text]