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

2. 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

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

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

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

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

7. Transit Transport in Xinjiang (2003) 94582 tons transit cargoes 2270 containers and 94 wagons mostly carried by rail

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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Joining Asian Highway Network

14. AHN in China (1) 14 routes as the first package in 2002 10 routes to join at a later stage total length: 26,000 km

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

16. Highway Connecting CACs (1) Lianyungang - Urumqi - Horgos - (Kazakhstan) linking AH5 4300 km passing through a dozen of big cities in China expressway in most part

17. Highway Connecting CACs (2) Urumqi - Kashi - Hongqiraf - (Pakistan) linking AH4 1650 km expressway and class 3 above

18. Highways Connecting CACs (3) Kashi - Irkeshitan linking AH64 170 km Class 2 and 3

19. Highways Connecting CACs (4) Kashi - Turugart - (Kyrgyzstan) linking AH61 170 km class 2 and 3

20. Highways Connecting CACs (5) Kuitun - Baketu - (Kazakhstan) to link AH60 650 km class 2 and 3

21. Highways Connecting CACs (6) Kuitun - Alashankou - (Kazakhstan) to link AH72 300 km class 2

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