Core Insights - Xinjiang is leveraging its abundant energy resources to explore transformation paths through industrial upgrades and technological breakthroughs, creating a new model for resource-based regions in the west of China [1][2] Group 1: Company Developments - China National Petroleum Corporation's Karamay Petrochemical Company has developed a food-grade white oil product through a seven-step refining process, which is widely used in food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and vaccines [1] - The company has achieved full localization of key equipment and catalysts used in the hydrogenation process, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 tons of white oil, making it the largest production base in China [2] Group 2: Energy Infrastructure - The Karamay Petrochemical Company has also developed transformer oil that fills a domestic gap and is used in the ±1100 kV Changji-Guquan UHVDC project, which is a key national project [4] - The Changji converter station is part of a major energy transmission project that sends clean electricity across 3,293 kilometers to eastern China, with an annual transmission capacity exceeding 62 billion kilowatt-hours, equivalent to two months of electricity consumption in Anhui Province [5][7] Group 3: Regional Collaboration - The collaboration between Karamay's oil production and Changji's energy transmission represents a significant regional coordination effort, enhancing the synergy between western energy resources and eastern technological capabilities [5][7]