New City Profile: The new urban area is a national technology industry development zone. It belongs to Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. It is 14 kilometers east-west and 9 kilometers wide from north to south in the northwest of Urumqi. The new urban area is 143 square kilometers and 379,220 people (2000 years). The new urban area consists of 1 town, 4 townships and 13 streets, and is home to 38 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur and Hui. There are more than 500 units in the region including the central government, autonomous regions, troops stationed in Uzbekistan, armed police units, production and construction corps, and more than 20 research institutes such as the Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences. Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, etc. 33 schools. The new urban area is a transportation hub to the northern Xinjiang and an important international channel for communication between China and West Asia.