Khunjerab Port Photograph: Liu Caiyu/GT
Khunjerab Port on the China-Pakistan border will play a even bigger role in the potential as China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) more developments and it is predicted to participate in an exemplary position for the total Belt and Highway construction, Counsellor of the Point out Council and economist Justin Lin Yifu, advised the World wide Situations.
Lin, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Meeting (CPPCC) Countrywide Committee, manufactured the remarks to the Global Occasions when he paid out a go to to the Khunjerab Port on Tuesday.
Situated at about 5,100 meters earlier mentioned sea degree in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Area, Khunjerab Port is the best port in the globe and the only land port linking China and Pakistan.
Lin told the Global Periods it was the very first time that he frequented the port and he is additional confident toward its potential improvement just after mastering about the present situation of the port from community officers.
“Khunjerab Port has a excellent momentum of progress in all aspects, which include infrastructure, and with the progress of China’s overall economy and the more building of the CPEC, the port can participate in an significantly critical position,” he reported.
A truck passes the customs inspection hall of the Khunjerab Port on Tuesday. Picture: Liu Caiyu/GT
Because of cold weather and absence of oxygen in the large altitude, Khunjerab Port normally opens from April 1 to November 30 each calendar year, and stays closed from December 1 to March 31 of the following calendar year. But to make certain the clean customs clearance of Pakistan’s urgently wanted and other supplies, the port has been quickly opened 2 times in 2023. While with troubles which include exceptionally chilly temperature, weighty snow and absence of oxygen, the area customs have labored close to the clock to make certain the transportation of cargo.
The latest temporary opening will last 12 times amongst January 30 and February 10. The first port opening was amongst January 19 and 20.
Trucks loaded with components such as groceries, automobile elements, polyester cloth and outfits drove absent from the port to Sost Dry Port in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan location.
The two short-term opening has facilitated 128 cross-border personnel visits, 328 transportation vehicles’ passes, and additional than 6,000 tons of items exported, the Global Occasions learnt from overseas affairs business office of Kashgar prefecture.