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

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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%rai lwaterai rroad

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, 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 2002

• 10 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 AH5• 4300 km• passing through a dozen of big cities in China• expressway in most part

Highway Connecting CACs (2)

Urumqi - Kashi - Hongqiraf - (Pakistan)

• linking AH4

• 1650 km

• expressway and class 3 above

Highways Connecting CACs (3)

Kashi - Irkeshitan

• linking AH64

• 170 km

• Class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (4)

Kashi - Turugart - (Kyrgyzstan)

• linking AH61

• 170 km

• class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (5)

Kuitun - Baketu - (Kazakhstan)

• to link AH60

• 650 km

• class 2 and 3

Highways Connecting CACs (6)

Kuitun - Alashankou - (Kazakhstan)

• to link AH72

• 300 km

• class 2

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