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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Since the beginning of this year, two automobile checkpoints on the Chinese-Kyrgyz border in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have seen a significant increase in border crossings, the press service of the prefecture said.
As of August 11, the Irkeshtam and Torugart checkpoints exceeded 179.6 thousand and 17 thousand person-times this year, an increase of 82.6 and 293.21 percent, respectively, according to the latest data from the Xinjiang Border Administration.
The increase in border crossings at the Irkeshtam checkpoint was achieved due to increased efficiency and capacity in passenger transportation following the launch of cross-border tourism services at this border crossing.
According to a representative of one of the local transport companies, the company operates twice a week on the recently opened international passenger route from the city of Atushi /located in the above-mentioned district/ to the Kyrgyz city of Osh. The distance between the two settlements is 720 km, which takes only 12 hours to cover.
According to customs officials at the Torugart checkpoint, the increase in border crossings was due to the increase in the number of employees involved in the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway construction project.
There has also been a noticeable increase in the number of foreign tourists and tour groups passing through Torugart, they added. -0-
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