China: Heat forges high-temperature testing industry in northwest China.

Storyline Heat forges high-temperature testing industry in northwest China ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Turpan City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has turned its "high-temperature disadvantage" into a "thermal resource" by developing their dry-heat testing industry. Known as "the land of fire" because of its extremely hot and dry climate, Turpan has become one of the best choices for the global auto makers, material manufacturers and research institutes to test how high heat will affect their vehicles and products. The city has built the largest cluster of dry-heat environmental test bases in the country, with more than 5,000 vehicles undergoing tests annually. Other things, like photovoltaic products, home air conditioners and auto parts, also undergo high-temperature and dry-heat exposure tests. He Yihan, chairman, Turpan Flaming Mountain Materials Natural Environment Aging Testing Center Co., Ltd.: "Major automobile manufacturers gather here each year to conduct high-temperature tests on complete vehicles and perform extreme environment certifications. These mainly include vehicle exposure aging tests, cabin air conditioning thermal comfort calibration, and power system thermal balance tests, comprehensively evaluating vehicle safety performance and driving quality under extreme high-temperature conditions." The value of Turpan City's dry-heat testing industry is more than 14.8 million U.S. dollars. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]