Spanish scholar impressed by people's high quality of life in Xinjiang

"My impression is that people enjoy a very high quality of life. What I have seen in Xinjiang is that 80 percent or 90 percent of the areas are highly developed for a rural settings," said Jorge Ignacio Aguadero Casado, Spanish freelance writer, international columnist, and scholar, in an interview with Guangming Online at the 9th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on June 25, 2026. He said that it was his first time in Xinjiang and he encourage people to visit and enjoy Xinjiang.