Ｓｈｉｈｅｚｉ，Ｐｅａｒｌ ｏｆ Ｇｅｂｉ Ｄｅｓｅｒｔ，ｔｈｅ Ｌａｒｇｅｓｔ Ｃｏｔｔｏｎ Ｔｅｘｔｉｌｅ Ｃｉｔｙ ｉｎ Ｃｈｉｎａ’ｓ Ｗｅｓｔ

The following information is taken from the speaker whointended to give his speech at the Sixth China International CottonTextile Conference (2009) in Xinjiang. But the meeting was calledoff on short notice. There should have been a good opportunityfor local governments at various levels to introduce Xinjiang andits different cities for investment-inviting purpose. Shihezi is one ofthose beautiful cities and has become the largest cotton textile townin China's west. To keep his original speech intact， the editor didnot make any redaction even though some sentences sound outof place now. But the information inside is true to life and might beinteresting to business peers and investors.