Across China: Far from sea, city on edge of Xinjiang's desert successfully farms seafood
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Across China: Far from sea, city on edge of Xinjiang's desert successfully farms seafood-
This photo taken on Nov. 3, 2026 shows an aquaculture pond at Xinjiang San'a Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Alaer City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Yuzhang)
URUMQI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the arid hinterland of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a reed-fringed pond is producing something typically associated with coastal waters, namely oysters.
In June, about 1.25 tonnes of juvenile oysters arrived in Alaer, a city on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert, China's largest desert, for a cultivation trial. In late September, the first batch of locally raised oysters, began reaching the market.