Xinjiang transport hub hauls path to success By XING WEN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-23 09:15 Share CLOSE Workers transfer containers from an inbound train to a domestic train at the Alashankou Port, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in September. CAI ZENGLE/FOR CHINA DAILY
After just one year of cross-border e-commerce exports, Alashankou Port in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is already ranked the fourth busiest in China for such operations.
More than 50 million e-commerce packages destined for Europe passed through the port by the end of last year, with the export value reaching 1.17 billion yuan ($180 million), Alashankou s bureau of commerce and industrial information said.