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Local workers who have graduated from vocational schools or trained in inland regions are the backbone of the workforce, said Li Qiang, head of a major textile enterprise in an industrial park in Aksu, a city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Azigul Rehman, 17, a newly hired worker at Huafu Top Dyed Melange Yarn, can operate five textile machines like a skilled worker.