Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), also known as Bingtuan, trading with the external name China Xinjian Group, is a state-owned enterprise and paramilitary organization in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The XPCC was established in 1954 under the orders of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, and developed sparsely populated areas in its early decades, taking the model of the traditional tuntian system of setting military units in frontier areas.

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