CHINA AND EUROASIAN TRANSPORT LINKAGES Ren Weimin Director

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% • rail: 3. 2% road: 6. 6% 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) • 94582 tons transit cargoes • 2270 containers and 94 wagons • mostly carried by rail

Transit Cargo • Textiles, auto parts, machinery, householding 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 1754 km 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 2002 • 10 routes to join at a later stage • total length: 26, 000 km

AHN in China (2) • Linking AH 1, AH 2, AH 3, AH 4, AH 5, AH 42, AH 61, AH 64, AH 72, etc • linking seaports Tianjin, Lianyungang, Shanghai, etc.

Highway Connecting CACs (1) Lianyungang - Urumqi - Horgos - (Kazakhstan) • • linking AH 5 4300 km passing through a dozen of big cities in China expressway in most part

Highway Connecting CACs (2) Urumqi - Kashi - Hongqiraf - (Pakistan) • linking AH 4 • 1650 km • expressway and class 3 above

Highways Connecting CACs (3) Kashi - Irkeshitan • linking AH 64 • 170 km • Class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (4) Kashi - Turugart - (Kyrgyzstan) • linking AH 61 • 170 km • class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (5) Kuitun - Baketu - (Kazakhstan) • to link AH 60 • 650 km • class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (6) Kuitun - Alashankou - (Kazakhstan) • to link AH 72 • 300 km • class 2

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