YINCHUAN, Oct. 31, 2002 (Xinhuanet) - The photo taken on Oct. 28, 2002 shows the Yesheng part of Yaoye expressway in west China`s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. By September this year, the region's GDP amounted to 22.72 billion yuan (2.74 billion US dollars), with an increase of 10.3 percent compared with the same period of 2001.