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Chinese writer He Jianming, 69, documents Xinjiang’s 70-year development through immersive reporting, highlighting environmental successes and ethnic unity.
At 69, Chinese nonfiction writer He Jianming, known for his immersive reporting, continues writing 4,000 to 5,000 words daily.
In 2024 and 2025, he visited Xinjiang five times, spending 78 days interviewing nearly 300 locals.
His new book, A Poetic Land: A Xinjiang Chronicle in Three Parts, details seven decades of the region’s development, focusing on environmental projects like a 3,000-km green barrier around the Taklimakan Desert and a 450-km ecological corridor.
These efforts, supported by local residents earning up to 15,000 yuan per hectare, have transformed thousands of hectares of desert into farmland.
He previously gained acclaim for Pomegranates Blossom, a work symbolizing ethnic unity.
A recipient of China’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Reportage Literature and the first Chinese nonfiction author nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, He plans to continue documenting Xinjiang for at least three more years.
El escritor chino He Jianming, de 69 años, documenta el desarrollo de 70 años de Xinjiang a través de reportajes inmersivos, destacando los éxitos ambientales y la unidad étnica.