Aim at promoting China and the international cooperative centre projects of border of Sino-Kazakhstan Huorguosi of a new round of economic and trade contacts of Asian-European area, entered the formal construction phase a few days ago. This by two transnational border cooperative in the center that country set up together in the world the first too.

    2004
    Annual September, China signs the agreement to propose with Kazakhstan formally : Sino-Kazakhstan both sides mark land of 14.36 sq. km. altogether in each border , establish the cooperation in international border of Huorguosi in the centre.

    Port director of management committee Jia YiSheng in Huorguosi of Xinjiang says, the international cooperative centre of border of Huorguosi will become China and face Central Asia and even area of west Asia , South Asia , eastern Europe, it is the integrative comprehensive international commerce trading center to collect regional processing and manufacturing , trade changing trains , goods purchasing , financial service , tourism and leisure ,etc. multi-functionally.

    Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, boarded by 8 countries , such as Mongolia , Russia , Kazakhstan , Kirghizstan , Tajikistan , Afghanistan , Pakistan , India ,etc., the boundary line is 5600 -km-long, is the most province of port longest , opening to the outside world of Chinese boundary line.

    As China open front westwards, located in hinterland of Eurasia Xinjiang is it cause between China and Asian-European bridgehead of trade to play gradually.

    SiMa Yi ferreous Val , president of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions , says , Xinjiang is that China enters the important passway of Central Asia , west Asia and even Europe. Xinjiang is orientated as China to the bridgehead of Asian-European trade, is a request further opening to the outside world , which develop economic of China, it is the important strategic choice that China expands Central Asia , west Asia , South Asia , Russia and market of eastern Europe too.

    In addition, there is stronger complementarity on economic structure in the countries , such as China , Central Asia , Russia ,etc., this area contains resources , such as abundant petroleum , natural gas , copper , gold , aluminium , uranium ,etc., have established the important economic base for regional economic cooperation.

    Utilize this special position of the Asian-European trade bridgehead of Xinjiang, China is fast to Central Asia, Russian increase in investment in recent years. Show according to the incomplete statistics , China has already been close to 20 hundred million dollars to the scale of investment of Central Asia. The investment concentrates on the oil exploitation, petroleum pipeline in the energy field of building , offering the petroleum drilling equipment etc. mainly.

    And the investment in China of various regions and states of Central Asia begins to start. By the end of June this year, five countries of Central Asia invested in and set up 117 projects to China, the contract amount of foreign capital is 1.2 hundred million dollars, foreign capitals finance invested actually is up to 1615 ten thousand dollars. Russia invests in China to increase constantly too, by June of this year, actual investment exceeds 5 hundred million dollars.

    At present, 28 ports of various kinds where Xinjiang arranges in the shape of covering of a fan, form a long trade and business corridor on the line in the border of Xinjiang. ALa Mountain pass port, become China second continent way port already , expect person who passes goods to up to 1100 ten thousand tons this year among them. Food , fabrics , clothing shoes and hats and new products of chemical industry of China ,etc., export from these ports to all countries of Central Asia, gain goods , such as a large amount of steel , crude oil and leather ,etc..

    Quiet " ancient Silk Road " for centuries, reappear nowadays" serving, retailer of moustache, " once, busy scene that Japan goes straight and fills in ".

    Relevant experts point out , the vast area including Xinjiang and Central Asia adjoined is that one has enormous business opportunity and develop the economy of potentiality in the field. China is it make Xinjiang this trade bridgehead to hope, expand with Central Asia , Russia investment cooperation of country, and through the radiation of this regional cooperation , strengthen the cooperation with investment field of various countries of Europe. (End)