STORY: NW China's Horgos sees robust increase of highway freight volume
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 29, 2023
DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:57
LOCATION: HORGOS, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of freight trains in Horgos
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG KAI, Business manager of an international freight forwarding agent in Horgos
3. various of freight trains in Horgos

STORYLINE:

As of Wednesday, 7,000 China-Europe freight trains passed through the Horgos railway port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region this year, according to local authorities.

Since this year, the daily passage of China-Europe freight trains through Horgos has consistently remained above 21 trains.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG KAI, Business manager of an international freight forwarding agent in Horgos
"The China-Europe freight trains carry a wide range of goods, ranging from building materials, agricultural machinery, commercial vehicles, to clothing, shoes and hats, cosmetics, electronic parts. The railway department has customized transportation plans according to our goods, which has been highly accepted by us. Since this year, our company has handled over 130 types of goods with a total weight of 900,000 tons and a value of 4 billion U.S. dollars."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Horgos, China.
(XHTV)