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Xingtai (Regional Field Headquarters)

The xingtai (行臺, "traveling terrace") was a field headquarters through which the Northern Wei and its successors extended the central Secretariat into the provinces, chiefly to direct armies and supervise officials.

Xingtai power station

Xingtai power station (河北建投邢台发电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Qiaoxi District, Xingtai, Hebei, China, with two 300 MW units in service since 2005 and 2006.

Xingtai Zoo

Xingtai Zoo (邢台市动物园) in Xiangdu District, Xingtai, Hebei, China, is a free-admission municipal zoo formed from People's Park's animals, relocated in 2006, renamed in 2008, holding over 60 species.

Xingu (landform)

Xingu River (Rio Xingu), a ~1,800 km clearwater Amazon tributary rising in Mato Grosso, with mean discharge 9,700 m3/s, the Volta Grande rapids, indigenous territories, and the Belo Monte dam (11,233 MW).

Xingu (protected area)

Xingu protected areas: the Xingu Indigenous Park (Parque Indígena do Xingu, created 1961) and the Terra do Meio mosaic in Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil, forming a 28-million-hectare Amazon forest corridor threatened by deforestation and illegal gold mining.

XinGuangWei Medical (新光维医疗科技(苏州)股份有限公司)

XinGuangWei Medical (新光维医疗), also known as Scivita Medical, is a Chinese medical-device company founded in 2016 in Suzhou that develops endoscopic imaging systems and single-use endoscopes.

Xingwang C

Xingwang C is a satellite bus built by the China Academy of Space Technology for the operational satellites of China's Xingwang (Guowang) low-Earth-orbit broadband constellation.

Xingwen Yu

Xingwen Yu is an electrochemical energy storage researcher working on battery and fuel cell materials, known for reviews on solid-state electrolytes and electrode–electrolyte interfaces in lithium-based batteries.

Xingwuying City Site

The Xingwuying City Site is the walled ruins of a Ming dynasty frontier fortress in Yanchi County, Ningxia, China, at the junction of two Ming Great Wall lines.

Xingyang Integration power station

Xingyang Integration power station (国电荥阳煤电一体化发电项目) is a 1,260 MW coal-fired combined heat and power station in Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan, China, in service since 2010 under China Energy Investment.

Xingyao Kunze (Suzhou Xingyao Kunze Biopharmaceutical)

Xingyao Kunze (苏州星曜坤泽, Hepa Thera Bio) is a Suzhou biopharmaceutical company founded in 2021 that develops siRNA and antibody combination therapies aimed at functional cure of chronic hepatitis B.

Xingyao Semiconductor (浙江星曜半导体有限公司) (星曜半导体)

Xingyao Semiconductor (浙江星曜半导体), brand StarShine, is a Chinese developer of radio-frequency filter chips and front-end modules for 5G handsets, founded by Gao Anming and based in Wenzhou, Zhejiang.

Xingyi power station

Xingyi power station (贵州兴义发电厂) is a 1,200 MW coal-fired power station in Qingshuihe Town, Xingyi, Guizhou, China, with two 600 MW supercritical units that began operation in 2011; it was Guizhou's first supercritical coal plant.

Xingyi UNESCO Global Geopark

Xingyi UNESCO Global Geopark (兴义世界地质公园), designated 2024 in Guizhou, China, spans 145,600 ha of cone karst with over 20,000 Wanfenglin peaks and the late Ladinian Xingyi fauna of marine reptiles and fishes.

Xingyi Zhengluwan power station

Xingyi Zhengluwan power station, also known as Xingyi Yuanhao power station, is a 1,400 MW coal-fired captive power station in Xingyi, Guizhou, China, supplying an electrolytic aluminum plant.

Xingyi, Guizhou

Xingyi (兴义市) is a county-level city in southwestern Guizhou and the seat of the Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Founded as a county in 1798 after the Nanlong Uprising, it covers 2,911 km² of karst terrain, with 1.02 million residents and a 2025 GDP of 58.8 billion yuan.

Xingyue Semiconductor

Xingyue Semiconductor, legally Xingyue Semiconductor (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., is a Wuhan-based semiconductor startup that announced a funding round of over CNY 1 billion in September 2026.

Xinhai power station

Xinhai power station, also known as the Xinhai Power Plant, is a coal-fired power station of at least 2,660 megawatts in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China, tracing its origin to 1941.

Xinhe Bio (新合生物)

Xinhe Bio (新合生物) is a Chinese biotechnology company in Shenzhen, founded in 2017, that develops AI-driven RNA therapeutics, including an mRNA neoantigen vaccine for gastric cancer.

Xinhua News Agency (新华社)

Xinhua News Agency (新华社, 新华通讯社), China's state and world news agency founded 1931 as Red China News Agency, renamed 1937; Beijing HQ, 15-language wire to 8,200+ outlets, 184 overseas bureaus, president Fu Hua, listed arm Xinhuanet (603888).

Xinhua Semiconductor

Xinhua Semiconductor (Jiangsu Xinhua Semiconductor Technology Co.) is a Chinese manufacturer of electronic-grade polysilicon for wafers, founded in 2015 in Xuzhou with over 60% domestic market share.

Xinhui Shuangshui power station

Xinhui Shuangshui power station (新会双水发电厂) is a coal-fired combined heat and power complex in Shuangshui Town, Xinhui District, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China, with a total capacity of at least 900 MW.

Xinhui, Jiangmen

Xinhui District (新会区), historically Gangzhou, is a district of Jiangmen, Guangdong, in the Pearl River Delta; known for chenpi and fan-palm craft, with 2025 GDP of 107.6 billion yuan and about 913,000 residents.

Xinian (Tsinghua Chronicle)

Xinian (系年) is a Warring States bamboo-slip historical text in the Tsinghua collection, narrating Zhou history from the Western Zhou to the early Warring States period.

Xining (西宁)

Xining (西宁), capital of Qinghai Province on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau; largest plateau city, 2.476 million residents (2025), GDP 191.48 billion yuan, Huangshui River valley hub and Qinghai–Tibet Railway starting point.

Xining drought of 1073–1074

The Xining drought (熙宁大旱) was a Northern Song dynasty drought of 1073–1074, read as heaven's warning against Wang Anshi's New Policies, whose reforms continued despite the criticism it stirred.

Xining Reforms

The Xining Reforms (熙寧變法), also called the Xining New Laws, were a program of legislation in China's Northern Song dynasty whose factional battles shaped politics into the Southern Song.

Xinjia Xiangru Yin

新加香薷饮 (Xinjia Xiangru Yin), Supplemented Elsholtzia Decoction, a classical Chinese medicine formula from Wu Jutong's Wen Bing Tiao Bian; five herbs (xiangru, yinhua, lianqiao, biandouhua, houpo) for summer-heat warmth with chills and no sweating.

Xinjiang - Chongqing Power Export wind farms

The Xinjiang - Chongqing Power Export wind farms (新疆华电天山北麓基地风电项目) are a 4,200 MW group of wind farms in Hami, Xinjiang, China, commissioned in 2026 to feed the Hami–Chongqing ultra-high voltage line.

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang (新疆), the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is China's far northwestern autonomous region of 1.66 million km² bordering eight countries, with 25.85 million people (2020 census), a three-mountains-two-basins arid geography, and a 2.05 trillion yuan 2024 economy.