URUMQI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- As one of the major cities in core area of China's Silk Road Economic Belt, Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, is to build itself as the hub of China-Europe freight trains to provide international freight logistics services for Chinese customers, such as customs declaration and inspection.
The first-phrase construction in the hub of China-Europe cargo trains in Urumqi, the capital city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, was completed in the mid-November with a total investment of 85 million yuan. The second-phrase construction has injected 50 million yuan. After completion, international freights will be assembled and supervised to meet the demands and provide convenience for the clients, industrial insiders in Urumqi Railway Bureau said.
Urumqi Railway Bureau had launched 100 China-Europe cargo trains by the end of November since the start of the first train at end-May this year, Peng ji, deputy director of the Economic & Informatization Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said. (Edited by Ma Xin,maxin11@xinhua.org)
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