OREANDA-NEWS. September 05, 2012. West China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region deployed RMB 43.3 billion (USD 6.85 billion) on energy projects in the first seven months of the year, the regional arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.

Construction work on a number of key projects, including the upgrade of power transmission lines linking Xinjiang to other regions in central and east China, was started in the seven-month period, said the Xinjiang NDRC.