It will not "take long" for people in Xinjiang to have a full access to Internet that was cut after a deadly riot rocked the regional capital of Urumqi eight months ago, a senior local official said Sunday.

So far, Xinjiang Internet users had access to all commercial websites and 31 popular portal websites, such as Xinhuanet.com and Sohu.com, Nur Berkri, chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regional government, said at a press conference on the sidelines of the annual parliament session.

(Xinhua News Agency March 7, 2010)