XAYAR, Jan. 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Oil exploration workers of BGP Inc., China National Petroleum Corporation, among whom over 60 are female, are engaged in hard work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang.

Taklimakan Desert is the largest desert in China and the second-largest shifting sand desert in the world. Countless oil exploration workers have devoted themselves to exploring the desert.

[caption id="attachment_43455" align="alignnone" width="570"] Zhou Fuxiang carrying cables walks on a dune in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43456" align="alignnone" width="570"] Zhou Fuxiang changes battery in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43457" align="alignnone" width="570"] Wang Qiuling checks detection equipment in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43458" align="alignnone" width="570"] Zhang Jinxiu (R) and Chen Liyun work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43459" align="alignnone" width="570"] Zhou Guoyan works on a dune in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43460" align="alignnone" width="570"] Workers chat in a dormitory after work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43461" align="alignnone" width="570"] Aerial photo taken on Jan. 14, 2020 shows workers checking detection equipment in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43462" align="alignnone" width="570"] Workers carry cables in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43463" align="alignnone" width="570"] Li Cunzhi embroiders insoles in her dormitory after work in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020.(Xinhua/Ding Lei)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_43464" align="alignnone" width="570"] Chen Liyun removes sand from her shoe during her working break in the Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)■[/caption]