Xinjiang youths participate in 11-day public welfare summer camp in Beijing

Patimanhan Parihat (2nd L) and her friends visit China Science and Technology Museum in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (R) communicates with foreign tourists and invites them to visit Xinjiang at the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (6th R, front) takes a group photo with friends of the summer camp after watching a national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (L) and her friends visit the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (R) communicates with a local resident in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (C) and her friends arrive at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, July 26, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (L) and her friend make a heart-shaped gesture after seeing a rainbow at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, capital of China, July 29, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (L) and her friends take a flight from Urumqi of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Beijing, capital of China, July 26, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (L) and her friends eat dumplings in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 25, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Xinhua/Guo Yan)

Patimanhan Parihat's mother teaches her to braid her hair before seeing her off to Beijing for the summer camp at their home in Qira County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 23, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Xinhua/Guo Yan)

Patimanhan Parihat (R) watches a national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2025.

She stood on tiptoe, her gaze piercing through the crowd as she watched the slowly rising China's national flag. Tears of excitement streamed down her cheeks. After more than 4,000 kilometers of travel from a small town near the Taklimakan Desert to Tian'anmen Square in the capital of China, the young girl witnessed the solemn scene described in her textbooks for the first time of her life.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (3rd L) poses for photos before taking a train to Urumqi at Hotan Railway Station in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 25, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Xinhua/Guo Yan)

Patimanhan Parihat watches a national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2025.

She stood on tiptoe, her gaze piercing through the crowd as she watched the slowly rising China's national flag. Tears of excitement streamed down her cheeks. After more than 4,000 kilometers of travel from a small town near the Taklimakan Desert to Tian'anmen Square in the capital of China, the young girl witnessed the solemn scene described in her textbooks for the first time of her life.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat (2nd L) listens as a former national flag guard introduces knowledge about the national flag and flag-raising ceremonies in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2025.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)

Patimanhan Parihat watches a national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2025.

She stood on tiptoe, her gaze piercing through the crowd as she watched the slowly rising China's national flag. Tears of excitement streamed down her cheeks. After more than 4,000 kilometers of travel from a small town near the Taklimakan Desert to Tian'anmen Square in the capital of China, the young girl witnessed the solemn scene described in her textbooks for the first time of her life.

Ten-year-old Patimanhan is a primary school student from Qira County of Xinjiang. She was chosen to participate in an 11-day public welfare summer camp which brings together 32 outstanding Xinjiang youths to embark on a summer vacation trip. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)