Private investors are being invited to help build 100 tourism projects with an estimated investment of about 25 billion yuan ($4 billion) in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in the next five years.

The China National Tourism Administration and Xinjiang tourism authority have released a list of about 100 proposed tourism projects that private investors are being invited to fund, build and operate.

The list includes the Silk Road tourism hub, cross-border tourism and a medical tourism service.