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    A HAND IN NEED

    Oct 29, 2020 4 minutes
    By Zhao Wei
    Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar

    Mutellip Toxtiroza got his first job at the age of 22. He was hired as a guard by the Jinken Farming Group, a subsidiary of state-owned enterprise (SOE) Tianjin Food Group, when it opened in Yutian, a county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in 2018.

    “I wanted to find a job close to home and then I heard they were hiring local people,” Mutellip said. “I had no diploma or technical training so a guard’s job was good enough for me at that time.”

    In less than six months, the proactive young man had impressed his bosses and his life has changed.

    Projects and technology

    Chen Yuechao, deputy general

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