The National Development and Reform Commission of China recently approved the feasibility study report for a new Hetian-Ruoqiang Railway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The projected investment totals RMB 22.15 billion. This railway will support poverty alleviation and promote the economic and social development in the Southern Xinjiang. ANBOUND researchers said it a milestone for China's railway construction, which will cross the border of the south of Xinjiang's most remote, desolated, and uninhabited places. It is definite to have a geostrategic significance.