Viewpoint 1丨Xi Jinping: Xinjiang is no longer a remote area, but a hub area
General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Urumqi International Dry Port Area on the afternoon of the 12th, listened to the overall situation, and observed the various functional areas of the China Railway Express (Urumqi) Assembly Center and the on-site operation of the Alashan Port and Horgos Port through real-time images. The staff and the on-site office staff communicated cordially.
Xi Jinping said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative has yielded fruitful results over the years.
With the deepening of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", Xinjiang is no longer a remote area, but a core area and a hub area. You are doing something of historical significance and have achieved good results. With persistent efforts, the future is bright.
The Urumqi International Dry Port Area includes multiple functional areas such as the China Railway Express (Urumqi) Assembly Center, Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and Warehousing and Trading Industrial Zone. It is one of the landmark projects in the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
Columns of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains loaded with goods pass through here, exit from Alashankou Port and Horgos Port, and sail to Central Asia and Europe.
A corner of the assembly center of China Railway Express (Urumqi).
Workers lift cargo at the assembly center of the China-Europe freight train (Urumqi).
A China-Europe freight train leaves the country through the Alashankou port in Xinjiang.
Xinjiang Horgos Railway Port Dressing Yard.
Since the opening of the China-Europe (Central Asia) train, the two major ports of Xinjiang Horgos and Alashankou have accumulated more than 50,000 inbound and outbound trains.
On April 4, 2019, the first China-Europe train from Luxembourg to Chengdu was ready to depart at the Dudelange railway station in Luxembourg.
The train passes through Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries, and enters through the Alashankou port in Xinjiang, China.
On October 26, 2021, in Hamburg, Germany, the staff of the China-Germany Railway took a group photo with the first "Shanghai" China-Europe train that arrived successfully.
On September 28, the first "Shanghai" train, loaded with 50 containers of goods, went westward from Shanghai, exiting through the Xinjiang Alashankou Port, and bound for Hamburg.
On February 6, 2021, the staff of Alashankou Customs in Xinjiang randomly inspected the goods of the China-Europe freight train.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China-Europe freight trains have undertaken air and sea transportation to transfer goods, achieving growth against the trend.
With the continuous advancement of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", Xinjiang, which connects the five northwestern provinces and eight Eurasian countries, accelerates interconnection, improves infrastructure construction, and enhances the level of foreign economic and trade cooperation. The functions of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt are becoming more and more perfect.
Director system: Yuan Bingzhong
Producer: Sun Chengbin
Planning: Liu Jie, Zheng Weilan, Hongguang, Lai Xiangdong, Wang Jianhua
Coordination: Yu Lan Bi Xiaoyang
Photography: Li Xueren, Xie Huanchi, Faye Wong, Hu Huhu, Ding Lei, Zheng Huansong, Ma Kai, Wang Yu
Editor: Xu Jinquan Chen Haitong Li Jing Du Xiaoyi Yu Dongsheng Zhang Manyi
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Produced by the Photography Department of Xinhua News Agency