Xinjiang, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China, launches a freight train for Almaty in Kazakhstan. The first freight train carrying vehicles worth over 27 million yuan (about 3.82 million U.S. dollars) left Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, recently.
The departure of the freight train marked the launch of the first vehicle transport train from Xinjiang to Central Asia, paving the way for deeper economic and trade cooperation between China and Central Asian countries.
The transportation method combines road and rail, reduces logistic costs and time, and is safer compared with other means of transport.
As a key hub for China’s vehicle exports, Xinjiang is striving to build a modern railway logistics network. So far this year, 83,781 vehicles have been exported through the region’s Horgos and Alashankou ports, an increase of 2.9 percent year on year.
