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Horgos, on the Kazakhstan border, is part of China’s aim to bind other countries closer with trade routes.
A Chinese customs checkpoint inspects trucks at China’s border with Kazakhstan in the city of Horgos, to which China has built a new expressway as part of its Silk Road Economic Belt.
China plans to transform Horgos into an international railway, energy and logistics hub that is part of the country’s broader drive to build and expand trade routes.
A sign advertises China’s free-trade zone with Kazakhstan in Horgos, once part of the ancient Silk Road. Cross-border trade here was negligible until recently, but official maps now describe the city as China’s main land port on its so-called Silk Road Economic Belt.
Workers load a van on China’s side of the free-trade zone, which China wants to be an international hub that helps it redraw the trade map in Asia and beyond.
A Chinese businessman makes a call on Kazakhstan’s side of the free-trade zone. Kazakh officials say they will build malls and hotels and finish upgrading the main road along what China calls the Silk Road Economic Belt.
A vehicle transports passengers around the free-trade zone. More than 20 billion yuan ($3.25 billion) has been invested in the Chinese side of the trade zone.
A Russian woman inspects goods.
Women enter the free-trade zone. The Chinese side of the zone features five multistory wholesale markets where Kazakh traders buy Chinese tires, furs, electronics and other consumer goods.
A gate demarcates the borderline between China and Kazakhstan in the free-trade zone at Horgos.
Source: WSJ
A Chinese customs checkpoint inspects trucks at China’s border with Kazakhstan in the city of Horgos, to which China has built a new expressway as part of its Silk Road Economic Belt.
China plans to transform Horgos into an international railway, energy and logistics hub that is part of the country’s broader drive to build and expand trade routes.
A sign advertises China’s free-trade zone with Kazakhstan in Horgos, once part of the ancient Silk Road. Cross-border trade here was negligible until recently, but official maps now describe the city as China’s main land port on its so-called Silk Road Economic Belt.
Workers load a van on China’s side of the free-trade zone, which China wants to be an international hub that helps it redraw the trade map in Asia and beyond.
A Chinese businessman makes a call on Kazakhstan’s side of the free-trade zone. Kazakh officials say they will build malls and hotels and finish upgrading the main road along what China calls the Silk Road Economic Belt.
A vehicle transports passengers around the free-trade zone. More than 20 billion yuan ($3.25 billion) has been invested in the Chinese side of the trade zone.
A Russian woman inspects goods.
Women enter the free-trade zone. The Chinese side of the zone features five multistory wholesale markets where Kazakh traders buy Chinese tires, furs, electronics and other consumer goods.
A gate demarcates the borderline between China and Kazakhstan in the free-trade zone at Horgos.
Source: WSJ
