Beijing: China rebutted speculation made by foreign media and politicians over population growth changes in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, saying that these were caused by various factors including changing attitudes towards marriage and raising children.
“As people’s living conditions keep improving, especially in poor areas in southern Xinjiang, the urbanisation process speeds up and people of all ethnic groups receive better education, more people in Xinjiang voluntarily choose to marry and have babies at a more mature age, ” said Xu Guixiang, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Committee.