Xinjiang Hall of the People, State auditorium in Saybagh District, China

Xinjiang Hall of the People is a three-storey concrete-frame building with a steel roof at 77 Youhao North Road, Saybagh District, Urumqi. Its main block is 140 metres wide and over 35.2 metres high, with a 54-metre-span, 42-metre-deep auditorium seating more than 2,800 people. The main hall holds a 24-metre-long marble-and-mosaic mural, 'Spring of the Tianshan', by Abdureqim Nasirdin.

Built as a gift for the 30th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the hall was designed from May 1985 by Sun Guocheng, Han Xichen and Wang Xiaodong of the Ürümqi Construction Bureau Design Institute. Construction began in early June and the building was completed on 31 August 1985, opening in October. It won the Architectural Creation Award of the Architectural Society of China in 1993 and was listed among China's first 20th-Century Architectural Heritages in 2016.

The side halls are named after prefectures and styled to match local ethnic architecture: Kashgar, Hotan and Turpan halls follow Uyghur models, Ili and Altay halls Kazakh models, and Bayingolin and Bortala halls Mongol models. In the main hall, the marble-and-mosaic mural "Spring of the Tianshan" by Abdurekim Nasirdin, 24 m long and 5.6 m high, depicts ethnic unity and the building of Xinjiang.

Visitors can tour the building during open hours but must present valid identification at entrances for security purposes. It is helpful to check in advance which areas are accessible and if guided tours are available.

The lobby keeps Abudukelimu Nasirdin's 24-metre mural "Spring of the Tianshan", made of marble and mosaic, showing ethnic unity and the building of Xinjiang. Look up: the ceiling has five square coffers, and the 24 columns carry almond-flower reliefs, lotus shapes and arched niches.