In a recent visit to China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, CGTN spoke to Abdusalam Mutallip, a singer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and a member of an all-Uygur rock band. He moved to Beijing a year ago to realize his dreams. He shares with us the story of striving for excellence from Kashgar to Beijing.

Reporter: Nayan Seth
Video Editor: Lu Wei
Cameramen: Liu Yang, Zhao Jing, Yang Yang, Li Nan, Chen Shangyu