Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS May 20, 1997

Beijing Xinhua, 05/14/97

Urumqi, May 14 (XINHUA) -- China has finished filming of a 12-part TV

documentary on the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the country's

northwest. The series, called "Impressions of Xinjiang", depicts the

lives and feelings of the local people. It also describes the

understanding of the rest of the world by people in that region.

The documentary will inspire people of patriotic feelings and help them

understand the great changes taken place in the region since it began

reforms and opening-up 18 years ago, one film maker notes. The TV

series was produced with the help of nearly 30 Xinjiang-born film

makers organized by the Urumqi TV Artists Organization. It took them

27 months by travelling more than 20,000 km to the north and the south

of the Tianshan Mountains to complete the TV documentary.