A short illustrated article from China Pictorial on the Khotan Filature in the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region, built by the government in 1953-54. It describes the shift from hand reeling on simple wheels to modern reeling, weaving and dyeing, and the training of Uighur, Kazakh, Hui and Han women workers, including training sent to Soochow. Photographs show the filature shop, workers at machinery, and skeins of wound silk.