Once, camel bells were the only echo that led this land to the Western Regions, but now, steel dragons are replacing ancient caravans. On the northwest border of our country, the soldiers of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are busy providing shortcuts and equipping the "brain" of China and Europe, turning the former transportation hub into a vibrant hub for opening up to the west.

In recent years, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has been coordinating with the overall logistics planning of Xinjiang, linking major ports to layout cross-border logistics hubs, creating a pivot for opening up to the west, and exploring the development path of characteristic cross-border logistics.

Infrastructure dredging and cross-border congestion points

Xinjiang has 70% of the transportation capacity of the China Europe Railway Express, with superior port resources. However, in the past, problems such as road network and track gauge have prolonged freight transportation time and increased costs, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps lacks exclusive distribution channels. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has filled the gaps in the road network, and Shihezi has obtained the Corps' first TIR international transportation qualification, resulting in a significant increase in freight volume; Kekedala has built a wide gauge railway line, solving the problem of cross-border gauge replacement and providing direct access to Central Asia.

Intelligence improves clearance efficiency

After the road network is connected, digital transformation will optimize the entire operation process. The 12th Division International Logistics Center is equipped with an intelligent dispatch system, multi regional data exchange, and unmanned aerial vehicle inspection to replace manual labor. Digitization breaks down information barriers, coordinates sources of goods, warehousing, and customs clearance resources, enables two-way circulation of goods inside and outside the park, and transforms the advantage of location channels into logistics agglomeration advantages. Keywords: Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, cross-border logistics, China Europe freight trains

Collaborative development of industrial logistics

The Corps promotes the integration of logistics and processing commerce, and solves the problem of no value-added transit. Shihezi is a national level logistics hub, with multiple railway logistics projects landing and trains radiating to multiple cities both domestically and internationally. Local industrial products are exported to Europe and Asia; Kekedala relies on railways to develop deep processing of imported raw materials; The 12th Division is building an automobile foreign trade park and exporting new energy vehicles in bulk to Central Asia. The logistics hub drives the landing of manufacturing, agriculture and animal husbandry industries, and improves the supporting facilities of cold chain and bonded industries, forming a virtuous cycle of mutual empowerment between industry and logistics.Editor/Gong Ziwei