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Alashankou railway station a gateway to China
图为阿拉山口口岸国门。
The gateway of the People's Republic of China, located in the Alashankou City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The photo is taken on Aug. 16, 2018. [Photo by Li Peigang/China.org.cn]
中欧班列是指中国开往欧洲的快速货物班列，适合装运集装箱的货运编组列车。中欧班列为中欧对外贸易商提供了更加便捷稳定的运输通道，正在吸引着越来越多企业的订单，赢得国际物流市场的青睐。
The direct freight train service connecting China and Europe, officially known as the "China Railway Express," has been welcomed by the market for expanding the range of solutions for logistics.
1990年6月，国务院批准设立阿拉山口口岸。中欧班列是“一带一路”倡议的一项重要务实合作举措。目前，每年经阿拉山口出境的中欧班列已占全国开行班列总量的近七成。
Take the frontier inspection station of Alashankou, a border city located in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as an example. Built in June 1990, nearly 70 percent of all "China Railway Express" freight trains now pass through the station heading for European countries every year, playing a significant role in promoting the country's "Belt and Road" Initiative in recent years.
截至目前，阿拉山口口岸进出境中欧班列累计突破6000列。今年1-7月，阿拉山口海关共监管进出境中欧班列1328列，同比增长32.40%；货运量57.76万吨，同比增长55.86%。
Up to now, more than 6,000 freight trains have entered and exited the frontier inspection station. Statistics from the Alashankou city customs authorities show that, a total of 1,328 freight trains passed through the station in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 32.40 percent; with the volume of railway freight reaching 577,600 tons, a year-on-year increase of 55.86 percent.
阿拉山口边检站和新疆兵团第五师九十团驻阿拉山口铁路护路民兵分队的战士们日夜守护着国门和边境铁路线的安全，保障了口岸贸易物流的畅通。他们的平均年龄只有23岁，每天要训练7个小时，还要在6公里的铁道线上巡逻2次。一年365天风雨无阻，守护着祖国的边疆。
It's also worth mentioning that, a group of young militiamen from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are on duty patrolling the railway lines. With an average age of 23 years old, these militiamen work day and night to ensure the security of the railway lines and the smooth operation of trade and logistics between China and European countries. To better perform their work, the militiamen undergo seven hours of training every day. They patrol the six-km railway lines twice a day, rain or shine.
（文/摄 李培刚；英译 李京荣）
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