tachengshiIntroduction：Introduction to Tacheng: Tacheng City, Tacheng area of ​​Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region contains county-level cities, in the northwestern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Tacheng Basin on the northwestern edge of the Junggar Basin, 4356.6 square kilometers. The northwest is connected with the Republic of Kazakhstan, the east is adjacent to Emin County, and the south is adjacent to Yumin County. It is 530 kilometers away from Urumqi, the capital of the autonomous region, and only 12 kilometers away from the national first-class port, the Baktu port. It is one of the closest open cities to China from the border. Tacheng City is the resident of the Tacheng District Committee and the Administrative Office of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In 1984, the county was established and the city was listed as a further open city along the border. In June 1992, the State Council approved the establishment of a state-level border economic cooperation zone. In 2012, the city of Tacheng has a population of 153,000. It consists of 25 ethnic groups including Han, Kazak, Hui, Uygur, Daur, and Russian. The minority population accounts for 36%. In 2012, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 5.87 billion yuan.