Aerial photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains and other freight trains await departure at the marshalling yard of Alashankou Station, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily (Reporter Tang Yong) news: On November 3, 2023, inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains and other freight trains await departure from the marshalling yard of the Alashankou Station in Alataw Pass, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

As of September this year, 6,850 freight trains passed through Alataw Pass, of which 4,943 were China-Europe and Central Asia freight trains, an increase of 7.06 percent compared with previous years. With the location and policy advantages, in recent years, Alataw Pass has vigorously developed imported logistics warehousing, imported grain and oil processing, export equipment manufacturing and other key industries, and accelerated its transformation from "channel economy" to "industrial economy" .

Aerial photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows an exterior view of modern grain logistics center in Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. After the completion of this project, the grain storage capacity of Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area will reach 1 million tons per year, the annual processing capacity will reach 2 million tons, and the annual reloading capacity will reach 5 million tons, which can not only satisfy the demand of grain processing enterprises in the comprehensive bonded area, but also drive the development of other grain processing enterprises in Xinjiang.

Photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows workers of the modern grain logistics center unload grains in Alataw Pass comprehensive bonded area, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows workers of the Alashankou Xinbo Oil and Gas Pipeline Manufacturing Co., Ltd. work on the production line in Alashankou City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The company is the main manufacturer of helical welded pipes and straight seam welded pipes in China, and its products are widely used in transmission projects of oil, natural gas, centralized heating (cooling) and others.

Photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows workers of the Alashankou Xinbo Oil and Gas Pipeline Manufacturing Co., Ltd. work on the production line in Alashankou City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Photo taken on November 3, 2023 shows workers of the Alashankou Jinmu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. work on the edible oil production line in Alashankou City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As one of the top ten domestic sunflower oil processing enterprises, the second phase project for the refining and deep-processing of the company's first-class oil has recently been put into production on schedule, realizing construction and production in the same year.

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