Urumqi, referred to as "Urumqi", formerly known as Dihua, is the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and the political, economic, cultural, scientific, technological, educational and transportation center of Xinjiang. An important central city in western China, facing the international business center in Central and Western Asia. The core node city of the Silk Road Economic Belt is also the bridgehead of the second Eurasian Continental Bridge in western China and an important gateway to the west. The city governs seven districts and one county, with a total area of 14000 square kilometers and a built-up area of 4 12.26 square kilometers. At the end of 20 14, the permanent population of the city was 3.53 million, inhabited by 52 ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui and Xibo.

Urumqi is a new city with rapid development of modernization in Chinese mainland. Its highly concentrated economic position, political position, resource position, transportation hub position and ultra-wide regional radiation area all make Urumqi have strong comprehensive strength and become a core city in the west. Urumqi is located in the center of the Eurasian continent, at the northern foot of the middle Tianshan Mountains and at the southern edge of Junggar Basin. It borders Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the west and east, Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in the south and Turpan in the southeast. It is an important city in central Eurasia.