The best clovers

Xinjiang clovers have the best quality in China.

Lavender with the highest oil output

Xinjiang's lavender is a rare and precious medicinal material with the highest oil output in China.

Hop with best quality

Xinjiang is an ideal hop production area, with the best quality and highest output of hops (cones which give beer its bitter taste) in China.

The largest wild apple forest

Xinjiang has the largest wild apple forest in China.

Only area with European Black Poplar trees

Xinjiang is the only area in China where European black poplar trees have been found.

Only natural reserve for foliole Chinese ashes

Xinjaing has the only natural reserve for foliole (leaflet) Chinese ash in China, with an area of 20 hectares. The foliole Chinese ashes are the offspring of the ancient plants that lived between 70 million to 1 million years ago.

Only natural reserve for beavers

The Altay Region of Xinjiang has the only beaver natural reserve in China.

Only natural reserve for swans

Xinjiang's Bayinbuluk Swan Natural Reserve is the only swan natural reserve in China, with an area of over 1,000 square kilometers.

Only natural reserve for four-clawed tortoises

China's only natural reserve for four-clawed tortoises is in Xinjiang's Huocheng County.

Largest natural reserve

The Arjin Mountain Nature Reserve, located in the south of Xinjiang's Ruoqiang County, is the largest natural reserve in China, with an area of 45,000 square kilometers.

Walnuts with the best quality

Xinjiang walnuts, mainly distributed in Aksu, Hotan, and Yecheng, have the best quality in China.

Sweetest grapes

Xinjiang is the largest producing area of the sweetest grapes with the highest output in China. Its best grape is the white seedless grape.

The highest consumption of fruits per capita

Xinjiang has the highest consumption of fruits per capita in China.

Place with the most sunny days

Kuche County of Xinjiang is the place with the most sunny days a year in China.

Driest place

Turpan in Xinjiang is the driest place in China, with about 299 days without rain a year.

Hottest place

Xinjiang's Turpan, known as the "Fiery Land," is the hottest place in summer in China.

The longest sunlight

Xinjiang has the longest sunlight in China, having as many as 2,550-3,300 hours of sunlight a year.

Only place where pterosaur fossils are found

Well-preserved pterosaur fossils have found in the Wuerhe area northwest of the Junggar Basin. This is by far the only place in China where pterosaur fossils have been found.

Earliest cotton cloth and cottonseed

The earliest cotton cloth and cottonseed by far were found respectively in an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) Tomb in Minfeng County and in a Jin Dynasty (265-420) Tomb in Turpan in 1959.

Earliest Grottos

The Kezil Thousand-Buddha Caves in Xinjiang's Baicheng County are the earliest grottos in China.

Largest mosque

The Id Kah Mosque in Kashi is the largest mosque in China.

Longest underground irrigation system

Xinjiang's Karez is the longest underground irrigation system in China, totaling more than 5,000 kilometers.

Jade with the best quality

Hotan is famous for its jade resources. Its jade has the best quality in China, and is famous around the world.

Long-staple cotton with the best quality

Xinjiang's long-staple cotton has the best quality and the largest output in China.

Largest siderolite

China's largest siderolite (a kind of meteorite) is the one exhibited in the Xinjiang Exhibition Museum. The siderolite is about 242 centimeters long, 185 centimeters wide, and 137 centimeters tall, weighing about 30 tons. It is also the third-largest siderolite in the world.

Longest mine tram rail

China's longest mine tram rail by far is the one in the depths of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, with a total length of 20.6 kilometers.

The longest airline and most flight stations

Xinjiang has the longest airline and the most flight stations for civil aviation in China.

Highway at the highest altitude

The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway is the highest highway in China as well as in the world. It is over 5,000 meters above sea level on average, with the highest point reaching 6,035 meters.

The only desert highway

The highway running through the Taklimakan Desert is the only desert highway in China.

Only natural reserve for wild camels

The Arjin Mountain Wild Camel Natural Reserve, located between the Qaidam Basin and the Lop Lake, is the only natural reserve of its kind in China, with an area of 17,000 square kilometers.

Highest place with animal life

The wild yak is the animal living in the highest habitable place in China, at about 6,000 meters above sea level.

Lowest place with animal life

The midday gerbils that build their burrows in the Aiding Lake are the animals living in the lowest habitable place in China.

Largest desert

The Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China, with an area of 320,000 square kilometers.

The largest area of snow lotus plants

Xinjiang has the largest area of snow lotus plants in China.

Best horses

The best species of horses is the Ili horse in Xinjiang.

The largest area of Almond

Xinjiang has the largest cultivating area of almonds in China, covering about 800,000 mu (12,000,000 hectares).

Richest in minerals

Xinjiang is the area richest in minerals in China.

The largest reserve of petroleum

Xinjiang has the largest reserve of petroleum in China, totaling 200-400 hundred million tons, which takes up 1/3 of the country's total.

Richest in coal resources

Xinjiang is the richest in coal resources, with a total reserve of 21,900 hundred million tons.