Xinjiang Invests 51.8 Billion Yuan (about 7.4 billion U.S. dollars) in Road Construction over Past 8 Months

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Xinjiang Invests 51.8 Billion Yuan (about 7.4 billion U.S. dollars) in Road Construction over Past 8 Months​

496 views Sep 9, 2022 China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has invested more than 51.83 billion yuan (about 7.4 billion U.S. dollars) in road construction from January to August this year, 15.3 percent more year on year, according to local transportation department on Friday.

 

[beijingwalker]

Xinjiang foreign trade up 49.6 pct in Jan.-Aug.​

September 10, 2022

URUMQI, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Foreign trade levels of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region soared 49.6 percent year on year to nearly 145.6 billion yuan (about 21 billion U.S. dollars) from January to August this year.

Urumqi Customs said that during this period, Xinjiang exports reached over 120.9 billion yuan, up 58.2 percent year on year, while its imports grew by 18 percent year on year to 24.6 billion yuan.

The increase in foreign trade in the region is attributed to a series of steps taken to ensure stability in employment, the financial sector, foreign trade, foreign investment, and domestic investment, according to Urumqi Customs.

Urumqi Customs also noted that thanks to streamlined customs clearance measures, the operation of China-Europe freight train services in Xinjiang had been continuously improved.
From January to August, Alataw Pass and Horgos Port, both major rail ports in Xinjiang, achieved a record high in handling 8,701 China-Europe freight trains, up 6.5 percent compared to the previous year.

http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2022-09/10/content_78414873.htm

 

[S10]

That kind of infrastructure spending is heavily subsidized by Beijing. Without constant economic support from elsewhere in China, the region would be a poverty stricken cesspool infested by radical nutjobs.

 

[FuturePAF]

Rail links are what Xinjiang needs to be a transit trade hub for China. Considering the fall out between Russia and Europe over then war will probably last for years, a new link to Pakistan and across the coast to Gwadar and then on through Iran and Turkey is the best way to not only link China to Europe but pick up trade from Africa to China. The coastal route in Pakistan will also be safer from any BLA type attacks.

At one point it was estimated this route could handle 10-20% of Chinese trade to the region, but without the key infrastructure it will just remain in the realm of what if’s.

Making the link to Pakistan by rail would probably make all the investments in Xinjiang and Tibet if not profitable, sustainable, and allow China to better protect its raw material supplies from Africa and the Middle East as well as create a more secure corridor to move its products to markets in those regions.

 

[etylo]

Rail links are what Xinjiang needs to be a transit trade hub for China. Considering the fall out between Russia and Europe over then war will probably last for years, a new link to Pakistan and across the coast to Gwadar and then on through Iran and Turkey is the best way to not only link China to Europe but pick up trade from Africa to China. The coastal route in Pakistan will also be safer from any BLA type attacks.

At one point it was estimated this route could handle 10-20% of Chinese trade to the region, but without the key infrastructure it will just remain in the realm of what if’s.

Making the link to Pakistan by rail would probably make all the investments in Xinjiang and Tibet if not profitable, sustainable, and allow China to better protect its raw material supplies from Africa and the Middle East as well as create a more secure corridor to move its products to markets in those regions.

Why the railroad from Gwader port through pakistan inland to chinas Kashagar in Xinjiang has not started or is on the plan to start building soon ? The railroads from china to nepal, and from china to central asian countries will start building very soon. China has already built or is building HSR or railroads in saudi, kenaya, laos and indonesia. Whats holding back the railroad project of CPEC in pakistan ?

 

[beijingwalker]

Why the rairoad from Gwader port through pakistan inland to chinas Kashagar in Xinjiang has not started or is on the plan to start building soon ? The railroads from china to nepal, and from china to central asian countries will start building very soon. China has already built or is building HSR or railroads in saudi, kenaya, loas and indonesia. Whats holding back the railroad project of CPEC in pakistan ?

The planned route has to go through some very restive lands in northwest Pakistan, building a railways now under this condition is not viable.

Pakistan's northwest hit by deadly wave of militancy

Experts say attacks are fallout from Taliban's rise in Afghanistan

asia.nikkei.com

 

[SaadH]

Rail links are what Xinjiang needs to be a transit trade hub for China. Considering the fall out between Russia and Europe over then war will probably last for years, a new link to Pakistan and across the coast to Gwadar and then on through Iran and Turkey is the best way to not only link China to Europe but pick up trade from Africa to China. The coastal route in Pakistan will also be safer from any BLA type attacks.

At one point it was estimated this route could handle 10-20% of Chinese trade to the region, but without the key infrastructure it will just remain in the realm of what if’s.

Making the link to Pakistan by rail would probably make all the investments in Xinjiang and Tibet if not profitable, sustainable, and allow China to better protect its raw material supplies from Africa and the Middle East as well as create a more secure corridor to move its products to markets in those regions.

China's not interested since the local head brown Sahib Big B Mir Bajwa told them that US is our biggest trade partner and we only source some of weapons systems from China since our mai baaps won't bless us with some quality weapons but we will keep providing loyal service to our western colonial masters.

 

[FuturePAF]

The planned route has to go through some very restive lands in northwest Pakistan, building a railways now under this condition is not viable.

Pakistan's northwest hit by deadly wave of militancy

Experts say attacks are fallout from Taliban's rise in Afghanistan

asia.nikkei.com

A route through Gilgit-Baltistan to Havalian (the current northern terminus of Pakistan railways) would avoid Afghanistan and practically all of the restive areas in the north. A route then across the coast in the south to Gwadar would also avoid most of Baluchistan and could be more easily secured from miscreants.

But yes, Ultimately it does come down to politics, both local and National of Pakistan is to be a viable corridor for geo-economics. Hopefully by next years election we can see an improvement on the national level, and that new government can deal with local issues to get the project back on track as it were.

 

[beijingwalker]

A route through Gilgit-Baltistan to Havalian (the current northern terminus of Pakistan railways) would avoid Afghanistan and practically all of the restive areas in the north. A route then across the coast in the south to Gwadar would also avoid most of Baluchistan and could be more easily secured from miscreants.

But yes, Ultimately it does come down to politics, both local and National of Pakistan is to be a viable corridor for geo-economics. Hopefully by next years election we can see an improvement on the national level, and that new government can deal with local issues to get the project back on track as it were.

Hopefully those issues can be fixed soon, theoretically this railway will be the most efficient and convenient trade route for China.

 

[FuturePAF]

Hopefully those issues can be fixed soon, theoretically this railway will be the most efficient and convenient trade route for China.

A project that should be explored along with that kind of proposed rail route would be a series of barrier islands along the coast of countries all the way from Djibouti to Gwadar (basically Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen, Oman, and Pakistan) to create a shallow water channel parallel to the coastlines, inside of which freight can be shipped on river/shallow water barges as done in the US. In this way goods from Africa can be transported to the Chinese port in Djibouti and shipped to Gwadar and the rail link. Down the line, if Pakistan manages its water correctly, and the Indus is made navigable, freight can be shipped directly up the river to the capital and then put into trains to Xinjiang. Many of Africa’s rivers could also be made navigable or are already navigable up to a point. If a barrage leaves Islamabad and can sail all the way deep into Africa without having to offload until the final destination, it will be a game changer for Chinese integration into Africa. Expanding this system of barrier islands till it surrounds Africa and links up with African rivers is probably the best way to make the maritime road in BRI viable and by linking it to China via Gwadar/Karachi and the Indus. Gwadar’s rail link to Quetta and then Central Asia via Afghanistan would also make it the most key port in the Indian Ocean region. The key will be resolving Pakistan’s internal political mess and refocusing it on geo-economics while leaving room for western companies to get a piece of the business, and not lobby their governments to be against the infrastructure building.

This would mirror some of the geographic advantages of the US and what allowed it to best outcompete all other economies. That’s why IMHO, this rail link is the key to CPEC, and Barrier islands are the key to making Gwadar a major global port.

The coastal waterway part starts at 7:00

P.s. If China builds these barrier islands all around Africa as part of the maritime road under BRI, it would make it a lot easier to trade with South America countries as they are looking to develop with a corridor between the most densely populated parts of South America (Chile to Argentina to Paraguay and then Brazil). A rail corridor here would end in the major ports of Brazil and Argentina and could cross over to west Africa after traveling along the South American coast. If done with all barges, trade could go deep into the Amazon basin and reach much of South America. As you can see a lot of potential if Gwadar is developed correctly.