Aerial photo taken on Jan. 14, 2020 shows two workers working in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Gentle and tough female oil exploration workers are engaged in hard work in China's largest desert.
XAYAR, Jan. 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Oil exploration workers of BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, among whom over 60 are female, are engaged in hard work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang.
Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China and the second-largest shifting sand desert in the world. Countless oil exploration workers have devoted themselves to exploring the desert.
Zhou Fuxiang carrying cables walks on a dune in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Zhou Fuxiang changes battery in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Wang Qiuling checks detection equipment in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Zhang Jinxiu (R) and Chen Liyun work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Zhou Guoyan works on a dune in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Workers chat in a dormitory after work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 14, 2020 shows workers checking detection equipment in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Workers carry cables in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Li Cunzhi embroiders insoles in her dormitory after work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Chen Liyun removes sand from her shoe during her working break in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)■
