China News Service, Urumqi, September 16 (Pan Qi) "From January to August this year, Xinjiang transited 8,701 trains from China to Europe (Central Asia); 954 trains departed, a year-on-year increase of 39.3%." Mao, deputy director of Xinjiang Development and Reform Commission Hui said at a press conference on epidemic prevention and control held in Xinjiang on the evening of the 15th.

　　Mao Hui said that since the outbreak of the current round of the epidemic, the Xinjiang Development and Reform Commission, together with various localities and departments, has taken the initiative to serve in the front, strengthen overall coordination, and make every effort to ensure the smooth flow of China-Europe trains, the open development of key platforms, the promotion of construction of major projects, and the optimization of epidemic prevention and control. Various measures such as control procedures have effectively ensured that the construction and development of "one port, two districts, five centers, and port economic belt" will not lose momentum, speed, and intensity, and the construction of the core area of ​​the Silk Road Economic Belt will not be reduced. The task progressed smoothly.

　　According to Mao Hui, the energy level of the hub of Urumqi International Land Port Area has been steadily improved.

Strive to invest more than 2 billion yuan in the central budget, and fully promote the construction of the demonstration project of the China-Europe Railway (Urumqi) assembly center; at the same time, the economic development situation of Xinjiang ports has improved significantly.

All 13 land ports officially opened in Xinjiang have resumed freight clearance, and the freight volume of Takshken, Irkeshtan, Baktu and other ports has returned to or exceeded the pre-epidemic level.

From January to July, the import and export cargo volume of Xinjiang ports was 38.9 million tons.

Tacheng's key development and opening-up pilot area has been constructed to shift gears and speed up.

As of the end of August, 264 projects have been started in the pilot area, with an investment of 11.25 billion yuan.

　　Mao Hui said that significant achievements have been made in the construction of overland passages in Xinjiang, and the preliminary work of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine railway construction has been accelerated.

The air passage has been continuously improved, Zhaosu Airport and Alar Airport have been officially opened to traffic, the reconstruction and expansion project of Kashgar Airport has been completed, and Taxkorgan Airport has passed the inspection and acceptance.

The pipeline network channel was expanded and extended, 14 entrances and exits of international communication channels were built, 26 cross-border international optical cables were built, and the power supply plan for the fourth line of the West-East Gas Pipeline and the third channel of "Xinjiang Power Transmission" was approved.

　　He said that from January to August, the total value of Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export was 145.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48.6%, 39.5 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate, and the growth rate ranked third in the country.

Among them, in August, Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export reached 30.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 119.3%, and the growth rate ranked second in the country.

　　In addition, according to Mao Hui, the breadth and depth of Xinjiang's opening up continue to deepen.

Fully prepared for the 7th China-Asia-Europe Expo, successfully held a series of major events such as the "Silk Road Economic Belt Core Area - Industrial Revitalization, Innovation and Development" academician forum, launched 10 ancient Silk Road tourism routes, and established the "Silk Road Innovation" Development Research Institute", set up "two districts" special funds for scientific and technological development, organized and carried out key core technology research and achievement transformation, deployed 1,581 scientific and technological plan projects, with a total investment of 1.595 billion yuan.

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