新疆,这片中国面积最大的省级版图,坐守祖国西北门户要塞,以能源、矿产丰厚著称于世。特别是近年来的勘探表明,新疆的煤炭储量将比肩内蒙古,并且以露天煤矿为主,这些矿产大多还处于未开采阶段。把新疆的资源优势转化为高附加值的经济优势,实现“煤从空中走”的目标,已成为新疆电力行业的共识。当地政府已将 Xinjiang, the largest provincial territory of China, is well-known for its rich energy and mineral resources, sitting on the fortress of the northwestern portal of the motherland. In particular, exploration in recent years shows that Xinjiang’s coal reserves will rank shoulder to shoulder with Inner Mongolia and mainly open-air mines, most of which are still in the unexploited stage. Transforming Xinjiang’s resource advantages into a high value-added economic advantage and achieving the goal of “coal going from the air” has become the consensus of the power industry in Xinjiang. The local government has already