Xinjiang forges ahead as gateway for opening up

Trucks from Russia leave the Bakti port after inspection, in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2025. Xinjiang is seeing increased vitality across the board as the region accelerates its efforts to the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets.

To build a golden channel across the Eurasian continent and a gateway for opening up, Xinjiang has accelerated the development of broader channels.

So far, Xinjiang has opened 19 ports, launched 119 bilateral international road transport routes, 10 multilateral international road freight routes, and 595 civil aviation routes. Xinjiang is forging toward the frontier of opening-up and witnessing new vitality in the new era. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)