Visit Xinjiang through the port | Tacheng: “Port economy” takes a new step – Scroll – China Engineering Network

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Visit Xinjiang through the port | Tacheng: “Port economy” takes new steps

People’s Daily reporters Wang Yunshan and Sheng Yulei

On November 7, along the straight highway, the reporter came to the Baktu Port in Tacheng, Xinjiang. At a glance, the national gate stood majestically.

November 7, Baktu Port.Photo by reporter Wang Yunshan

Chen Weilong, deputy director of the Management Committee of the Xinjiang Tacheng Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone, told reporters: “In recent years, the Tacheng region has seized the opportunity to build the “Core Area of ​​the Silk Road Economic Belt” and started with the construction of the Tacheng Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone. , in accordance with the development requirements of the “eight major industries” of the autonomous region, accelerate the construction of port infrastructure, continue to optimize customs clearance processes, and significantly improve customs clearance efficiency.”

“A total of 180 million yuan will be invested in 2023, and 11 projects such as the National Gate Parking Lot, H986, Vehicle Inspection Hall, and Entry-Exit Road Expansion are being built, and are planned to be completed within the year. After the completion of the project, the freight clearance capacity of Baktu Port will reach 2 million per year. tons.” said Li Cunpeng, deputy secretary and director of the Party Leadership Group of Tacheng Area Port Committee.

Baktu Port is one of the first-class land ports in Xinjiang among 18 countries. It is an important window for economic, trade and cultural contacts between China and Central Asia and even European countries. It has a trade history of more than 260 years and is only 12 kilometers away from Tacheng City. , with customs clearance in all seasons, is known as the “Gateway to Junggar” and the “Central Asian Trade Corridor”.

From January to September, the total import and export value of Baktu Port was 16.93 billion yuan, an increase of 56.1% compared with the same period in 2022. Among them, exports were 16.43 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 51.8%, and imports were 500 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2432.9%; 19,535 commercial vehicles were exported, with a value of approximately 6.09 billion yuan, accounting for 31.7% of the total import and export value of the port.

Not far away, the China-Kazakhstan Border Trade Silk Road Cultural Commodity City in Baktu is a lively scene, with all kinds of imported goods filling the shelves, and many consumers purchasing goods in the commodity city. “In the first nine months, the cumulative transaction volume of the Border People’s Mutual Market reached 271 million yuan, generating more than 5.3 million yuan of local fiscal revenue, benefiting 36,000 border residents, and increasing their income by more than 4 million yuan. The Border People’s Mutual Market trading area has become a tourist check-in point, and has received a total of more than 140,000 tourists. During holidays, the highest number of tourists received in a single day was more than 10,000,” Li Cunpeng said.

On November 7, customers were shopping for goods at the Silk Road Cultural Commodity City of the China-Kazakhstan Border Trade Market in Baktu.Photo by reporter Wang Yunshan

A local customer told reporters that she usually comes to the Silk Road Cultural Commodity City about once every half month. Not only can she easily buy imported goods here, but the prices are also affordable.

Mutual trade between border residents not only enriches the people but also benefits enterprises. “We have roughly calculated that as of October, the border residents who cooperate with us will receive an income of about 800-1,000 yuan per month, and some will be even higher.” Administrative Director of Xinjiang Xibotu Trading Co., Ltd. Lei Bingqiao told reporters that as a processing enterprise in the mutual market between border residents, the company relied on the geographical advantages of Baktu Port to realize the “whole-in-whole-out” trading model of agricultural products traded between border residents and processing enterprises in the border area. Kazakhstan vehicles in the mutual market trading area can be directly accessed. Processing enterprises have greatly improved the speed of cross-border transactions. As of the end of September, 2.15 million yuan in taxes had been paid and 145 people had been employed.

“In the next step, we will focus on improving the level of opening up to the outside world. Strengthen port infrastructure and customs clearance capabilities, and speed up the application for the Tacheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone. We will make good use of the pilot policy of border processing of imported goods at Baktu Port and explore the implementation of “border mutual trade + cross-border trade”. “Border e-commerce + on-site processing” development model will strive to achieve annual trade volume of border residents exceeding 400 million yuan.” Chen Weilong said.