CHINA-XINJIANG-HORGOS-BORDER TRADE (CN)
(230512) -- HORGOS, May 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A police officer of the frontier inspection department of Horgos checks the credential of a train driver at a railway port in Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 7, 2023. Horgos, a major land pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has witnessed a robust increase of rail freight volume and highway freight volume.
According to the data from local frontier inspection departments, highway port in Horgos saw more than 20,900 commercial vehicles leaving by April 30, an increase of 62.3 percent year-on-year. As of May 10 in 2023, Horgos Port has handled 2,715 China-Europe (China-Central Asia) freight trains, representing a year-on-year increase of 22.9 percent.
Horgos literally means a place where caravans pass, as it used to be a trading post along the northern route of the ancient Silk Road. (Xinhua/Hao Zhao)
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