A glimpse into Xinjiang’s vocational education and training center
By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2018-10-21 20:25:49
A worker poses next to a pile of iced sugar at a vocational education and training center in Hotan’s Yutian county, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Editor's Note:
Hotan is one of the four prefectures in southern Xinjiang that has in the past struggled to combat terrorist activity and the spread of religious extremism. Global Times reporters visited a vocational education and training center in Hotan’s Yutian county, where people learn skills to make a living.

Children of trainees attend class at a primary school affiliated to Hotan’s education and training center. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Trainees play volleyball at the training center. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Workers are packing food at the training center’s snack factory. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
A teacher dictates new words for children to transcribe on the blackboard. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
A woman packs tea bricks at a factory. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
A worker packs tea leaves. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Piles of rock sugar that form the Chinese characters for “China” are displayed in the snack factory. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Workers work on a mobile phone assembly line. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
Trainees play pool in the recreation room. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The primary school inside the vocational education and training center. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The school’s dormitory. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
A kitchen at the training center. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The training center’s canteen. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT
The print shop inside the training center. Photo: Fan Lingzhi/GT