Young city refers to the present Shihezi city, which is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Shihezi used to be the headquarters of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and later moved to Urumqi. Shihezi city is based on farms and led by industry. It is a new type of military reclamation city that combines industry and agriculture, urban and rural areas, agriculture, industry and commerce, and is known as the Pearl of Gobi. Shihezi is a typical temperate continental climate with long and cold winters and short and hot summers. From June 2065438 to June 2007, Shihezi was named as a national health city. In the same year, Shihezi retained the honorary title of national civilized city.
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Shihezi is called "* * * and the first city of military reclamation in China", and the monument of Premier Zhou Enlai, the statue of General Wang Zhen and the first plow sculpture of military reclamation are erected in Shihezi Square. The poet Ai Qing called Shihezi a "young city" in his poems about Shihezi.