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Across China: Xinjiang student wins medal for promoting ethnic solidarity

Xinhua, May 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

Measuring slightly over five feet, Miradil is not tall, but his ambitions are high.

Miradil, 23, is from Hotan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and is of Uygur ethnicity. He is in his second year as an international trade student at Jiangxi University of Technology in Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi.

Miradil is the only young person from Xinjiang to be awarded a youth medal in Jiangxi ahead of China's Youth Day on May 4, according to the provincial Youth League, and he is the only Xinjiang person to receive the medal since 2011.

"Miradil has been dedicated to introducing his home region of Xinjiang to his fellow students, and has made important contributions to promoting cross-ethnic exchanges," said Wu Fukang, deputy secretary of the Jiangxi provincial Youth League.

In 2014, Miradil directed a film, "I Dream To Be," which captures the dreams and aspirations of students from different ethic groups. The 64-minute film has earned more than five million views on several websites.

"After the Kunming knife attack, there was a lot of prejudice against and apprehension about people from Xinjiang, so I made the film to capture the good will and young people's efforts to forge friendship among different ethnic groups," he said.

Miradil plans to present a series of cultural exhibitions on Xinjiang to thousands of university students in November.

With the support of his university, Miradil now runs two companies selling Xinjiang delicacies in gift boxes to buyers in Nanchang and other cities.

He also runs a project called the New Silk Road Entrepreneurs Caravan, which brings together more than 150 Xinjiang students engaged in e-commerce.

The project has won the support of the Xinjiang Regional Cyberspace Administration, which helped him spread the project to other provinces.

"Miradil's endeavors have helped more Xinjiang students develop their entrepreneurial skills. His tireless efforts have helped students from different ethnic groups mix and have greatly promoted ethnic solidarity," said Wu Fukang. Endi