Geographical advantage

    Xinjing enjoys unique Central Asian market advantages. Xinjiang medicine is a bridge to the international market, with immeasurable export potentials. Xinjiang borders the 8 foreign countries of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan, with a border line of 5600 kilometers, accounting for about a quarter of China’s total. Xinjiang hosts 16 first-category ports and 11 second-category ports. Xinjiang is an important channel along the ancient Silk Road and leading to Central Asia, West Asia and until Europe. The second Eurasian continental bridge from Lianyungang to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, crosses Xinjiang. As the first portal in western China, Alataw Pass Port has ranked second in the national railway border ports in terms of shipped sounds for 6 consecutive years. In 2001, it shipped sounds of 5 million tons, second only to that of Manchuria, the Northeast. As a hub of domestic products selling in Central Asia and Europe, Xinjiang has unique advantages in the export-oriented economy.