Xinjiang, Taklimakan, sand sea boundless. Suddenly, a train passed the tracks under the green cover, breaking the silence around it.

13-year-old Abdureimu Abdueli looked out of the window and raised his hand to look at his watch from time to time. In an hour, he will study in Yutian County, Uncle Kurban's hometown.

"We have known the story of Uncle Kurban riding a donkey to Beijing since we were young, but it is the first time to go to his hometown by train." Abdureyimu's words could not hide his excitement. More than 30 students with him are also looking forward to it.

In June last year, the Hiruo Railway was opened to traffic, "holding hands" with the previously opened Gaku Railway and Southern Xinjiang Railway, marking the formation of a closed loop on the railway line around the Taklimakan Desert. It is also the world's first railway line around the desert, with a total length of 2712 kilometers.

In the past year, the reporter looked at Xinjiang along the railway. The Taklimakan Desert is still the vast appearance; the cities and villages strung together by the railway ring are quietly undergoing gratifying changes......

The road of development, activate the new vitality of oasis

How much energy can a railway inspire? The people of all ethnic groups living along the railway have the most say. The Mercedes-Benz train has steadily boosted the "poetry and distance" of all parts of the line towards rural revitalization ".

-- This is a "native" loop.

In the Yarkant River Basin, walnut cultivation has a history of thousands of years. However, walnut trees fruit year after year, but poverty is passed down from generation to generation.

"Don't worry, walnut is a' seat' in the past, the speed is very fast." In summer, the general manager of Hotan County Kelai Wood Agricultural Products Company in Hotan Prefecture, Ruo Maiti Nuri, assured the customer by phone.

When the railway is connected, walnut, a treasure-covered "yellow fruit", has become a "golden egg" for the masses to increase their income and become rich ". For example, Mai Maiti told reporters that the sales volume this year is expected to be more than 40000 tons, which can increase the income of more than 20000 local villagers.

Carpets in Hotan, Xinmei in Kashgar, apples in Aksu ...... With the help of railways, Xinjiang's characteristic agricultural and sideline products reach the whole country at a faster rate.