Urumqi city is the capital of Xinjiang autonomous region and the center of politics , economy and culture of Xinjiang . It also is the communications pivot of connecting with Xinjiang and inland provinces , and now it has become the window of exchange for economy culture and the important door of expend- ing the opening to western of China.

The city has jurisdiction over seven zones and one county , the total area is 12000 square kilometers, among which the city program area is 1600 square kilo- meters and the established area is 82 square kilometers. Urumqi is a multi-national city, where there are 43 ethnic groups headed by the Han, the Uygur, the Kazak, the Hui, the Mongolian and etc, with a total population is 1548 thousands up to the end of 1998 year, of which minority nationality makes up 27.3 percent.