CHINA AND EURO-ASIAN TRANSPORT LINKAGES Ren Weimin Director, Department of International Cooperation Ministry of Communications, P.R. China

China in Euro-Asian Transport Routes East end of the chain of the whole linkage Linking central Asia and Pacific Ocean Both roles as provider and user

Trade with Europe (2003) 162 billion USD 19% of China’s total foreign trade

Trade with Countries along Euro-Asian Transport Linkages (2003) 17 participating countries 32 billion USD

Transport Performance (2002) total transport volume of foreign trade: 800 million tons water: 90% road:6.6% rail: 3.2% air: 0.2%

Transport of Foreign Trade in Xinjiang (2003) total transport volume of foreign trade: 8.5 million tons 88% by rail

Transit Transport in Xinjiang (2003) tons transit cargoes 2270 containers and 94 wagons mostly carried by rail

Transit Cargo Textiles, auto parts, machinery, house- holding appliance, food, etc

Main Routes for Transit Transport From Japan, Korea, USA, etc. via Chinese seaports: Lianyungang, Qingdao, Tianjin, and land posts in the west: Alashankou, Horgos, Turugart, Irkeshtan to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, etc.

Land Posts and International Highway Transport Routes in Xinjiang 14 land posts with neighboring central Asian countries: 7 with Kazakhstan, 2 with Kyrgyzstan 1 with Pakistan, 4 with Mongolia 26 highway routes for cargo transport 27 highway routes for passenger transport

Investment in Highway Transport Infrastructure in Xinjiang 80 million USD in rehabilitation of 1754km highways connecting land posts 1.5 billion USD in construction of two truck routes: Urumqi-kashi and Urumqi- Yining expressway

Cooperation with Central Asian Countries in Transport Infrastructure Construction 60 million RMB aid to rehabilitate the road connecting China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Kyrgyzstan further cooperation under discussion

Joining Asian Highway Network

AHN in China (1) 14 routes as the first package in routes to join at a later stage total length: 26,000 km

AHN in China (2) Linking AH1, AH2, AH3, AH4, AH5, AH42, AH61, AH64, AH72, etc linking seaports Tianjin, Lianyungang, Shanghai, etc.

Highway Connecting CACs (1) Lianyungang - Urumqi - Horgos - (Kazakhstan) linking AH km passing through a dozen of big cities in China expressway in most part

Highway Connecting CACs (2) Urumqi - Kashi - Hongqiraf - (Pakistan) linking AH km expressway and class 3 above

Highways Connecting CACs (3) Kashi - Irkeshitan linking AH km Class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (4) Kashi - Turugart - (Kyrgyzstan) linking AH km class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (5) Kuitun - Baketu - (Kazakhstan) to link AH km class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (6) Kuitun - Alashankou - (Kazakhstan) to link AH km class 2

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