URUMQI, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The Horgos Port and the Alataw Pass, two major railway ports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, have handled more than 4,000 China-Europe freight train trips since the beginning of this year, accounting for over 40 percent of the national total. To date, the number of China-Europe freight train trips passing through the two ports has exceeded 72,000 since the ports kicked off operations, Urumqi Customs said on Friday, adding that the two ports have continued to enhance their services for the freight trains.
Grabbing machines transfer bulk cargo at the load-transfer yard of Horgos station in Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023.
URUMQI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- In a greenhouse on the edge of the Gobi Desert, Miharegul Ahmat is busy watering her tomato seedlings. Wearing sneakers, a green dress and delicate accessories, she might not look like the "average" farmer, but as she nurtures her crops, her reputation is growing along with them.
URUMQI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region plans to divert 510 million cubic meters of floodwater this year to replenish the water supply of the populus euphratica forests in the Tarim River Basin. Last year, Xinjiang replenished this water supply by more than 1.
