According to the plan, from 20 17 to 2023, Urumqi plans to build four subway lines, namely, the first phase of Line 5, the second phase of Line 2, the second phase of Line 3 and the first phase of Line 6. According to Urumqi Urban Rail Transit Network Planning (Revision), by 2020, there will be eight rail transit planning lines with a total length of 257 kilometers in the central city of Urumqi.

Urumqi governs seven districts and one county, with a total area of 1.37876 square kilometers and a built-up area of 339 square kilometers. The city's total population is about 24 1. 1.938 million, including 5 1 person from Uygur, Kazak, Hui and other ethnic minorities. Urumqi has a long history. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, it was an important town on the New North Road of the ancient Silk Road. In the long history, Urumqi has become the intersection of East and West economy and culture, and the fusion point of Central Plains and Western Regions. Urumqi is rich in natural resources, with Tuha Oilfield in the east, Tarim Oilfield in the south, Zhundong Oilfield in the north and Karamay Oilfield in the west. The underground coal reserves1000 billion tons, and the total thickness of minable coal seams is 80 meters, which is known as "the coal city on the oil sea". Lake salt, mirabilite, gypsum, oil shale, copper, manganese and iron ore also have great reserves.