Combo photo taken on Jan. 13, 2022 shows Abudulezizi Maisedi (L) and Maynurhan Amang (R) working in the factory of Erke at Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
URUMQI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Yutian County, once a poverty-stricken area in Xinjiang, has stepped up the development of labour-intensive industries including textile, clothes and sock making.
At Tianjin industrial park in Yutian, a production base of Chinese sports brand Erke was put into operation on Jan. 1, 2022, offering more than 500 jobs for locals.
Maynurhan Amang and her husband Abudulezizi Maisedi, attracted by working conditions provided by Erke, quitted their early jobs in the restaurant and became workers of Erke at the end of 2021.
"We have regular working hours and noon break here, and the park offers two-room apartments for employed couples like us," Maynurhan said.
So far the park has settled dozens of enterprises with various supporting facilities including dormitories, canteens, hospitals, kindergartens, commercial streets, etc.
Maynurhan Amang (L) teaches Abudulezizi Maisedi sewing skills in the factory of Erke at Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Maynurhan Amang (L front) and Abudulezizi Maisedi (R front) chat during lunch time at a canteen of Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Maynurhan Amang (front) work at a workshop in the production base of Erke in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
New recruits register wage card numbers at the production base of Erke in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Photo shows an interior view of a workshop at the production base of Erke in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Abudulezizi Maisedi (R) buys vegetables at a commercial street of Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Abudulezizi Maisedi carrying his wife Maynurhan Amang (R) with electric bicycle is seen on the way to work at Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Abudulezizi Maisedi (R) cooks dinner while chatting with Maynurhan Amang at their apartment in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Maynurhan Amang (R) and Abudulezizi Maisedi have a video chat with family members at their apartment in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Maynurhan Amang (1st R) and Abudulezizi Maisedi (2nd R) are seen at the production base of Erke in Tianjin industrial park in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)■
