This paper, based on a comprehensive evaluation of resource and environmental load of regions, states and cities in Xinjiang, applies the weights of each index, calculates their comprehensive loads of resource and environment, compares them based on a ranking, and analyzes the factors contributing to the different loads.

It is popular to study the principal functional regions within Xinjiang, but unpopular from a country-spanning regional cooperation. This paper, based on a theory of classifying principal functional region, analyzes its particularity in border areas, and establishes an index system to classify the principal functional regions in Xinjiang.