Businesses in Urumqi suffered great losses during the July 5 riot. But things are becoming better thanks to the confidence of individual traders.

Shoppers are returning to Urumqi's biggest shopping attractions in downtown Urumqi. Tallipu has a cosmetics booth. He hopes businesses will go up in a short time.

Talipu, a shop owner, said, "Sales were around 1,000 yuan for a day when I reopened the shop days after the riot, now, I can have 5 or 6 thousand yuan in sales. I hope I could have the best business in a month's time."