Abstract: Since the start, Xinjiang Agricultural Sciences has been stayed the course of the policy “basing in Xinjiang, facing domestic and global world and focusing on improvement”. It stresses the tenet of running the journal such as “flourishing agricultural sciences and promoting its production”. It sticks to the right guideline of running the journal and strictly observes the state’s variety of laws and regulations relevant to the publication and attaches great importance to the perfection of the editorial department and training of its staff. It has achieved outstanding accomplishments in areas such as further reform and development. Meanwhile, it clings to the principle of social benefits first, trying to realize the optimal combination of social, economic and ecological benefits. During the year 2011-2012, it published 761 papers, among which, 120 papers have won nearly 50 awards of scientific progress in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Obviously and undoubtedly, the journal has played its due role in promoting science and technology application and in developing social economy in Xinjiang.

Key words: Xinjiang Agricultural Sciences