New Port of Entry Opens on China-Kirghizstan Border

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 ◆ New Port of Entry Opens on China-Kirghizstan Border

A new port of entry opened recently at Arkaxtam in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Officials of Xinjiang, Kazakstan and Kirghizstan attended the opening ceremony.

The new crossing point has been a key commercial route between China and central Asian countries since ancient times. It is 250 kilometers from Os, an important economic center in Kirghizstan, serving as a major hub on the western tip of China.

Its annual freight volume will range from 300,000 to 500,000 tons and the maximum passenger flow will be 200,000.

Since the port of entry went into trial operation in 1997, it has handled 200,000 tons of cargo.

It now ranks fourth among the 13 land ports in Xinjiang and is expected to be another important center on the Euro-Asian Continental Bridge, a regional government official said.