China fast-tracks automated coal-chemical hub in resource-rich Xinjiang region

The area holds China’s largest contiguous coalfield. REPRESENTATION PIC/ISTOCK

China is accelerating development of a technologically advanced coal-chemical hub in Xinjiang's Zhundong National Economic and Technological Development Zone. Situated on the southeastern edge of Junggar Basin, the zone spans 15,500-sq-km.

It holds China's largest contiguous coalfield, with 390 billion tons of reserves - 7 per cent of the national total - capable of sustaining China's energy needs for a century.

To put this into perspective, the coal reserve is far more than the oil riches of Persian Gulf nations, which amounted to roughly 117 billion tonnes by global crude conversion standards in 2025.

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