THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF RESOURCES AND THE PROBLEMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN XINJIANG PROVINCE

This paper calculation and analysis of the relative carrying capacity of land resources,relative carrying capacity of economic resources and systhetic carrying capacity of resources of Xinjiang province,from 1978 to 2006,have been calculated,their evolutionary have been described.Thus conclusion swere drawn:①the land resources is the principal resources to support population in the province;②real population of Xinjiang province had surpassed its the synthetic carrying capacity and the province had gone into the state of relative enough from1990;③natural resources not fully utilized,the unharmonious development between real population and relative carrying capacity of economic resources is one of the main problems in this province on its way towards the sustainable development direction.