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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 30 (Xinhua) — On November 24, the Arshan highway checkpoint, located in Khingan Province (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China) on the border between China and Mongolia, became operational year-round. Previously, it was only open eight months a year, according to the Chinese daily newspaper Neimenggu Ribao.
Thus, Arshan became the 4th international land checkpoint in Inner Mongolia, operating year-round, which took the external openness of the Khingan aimag to a new level.
Let us recall that the Arshan checkpoint is one of the most convenient checkpoints connecting China with Mongolia, as well as an important window and the front line of the openness of the Khingan aimag in the northern direction.
In recent years, the Khingan aimag has allocated a total of more than 700 million yuan (approximately US$98.87 million) to accelerate the improvement of the Arshan checkpoint infrastructure, resulting in the implementation of a number of key projects related to the construction of a bridge across the border river, a logistics park, and facilities for joint inspection of passengers and cargo.
A mutual trade zone between residents of the border regions of China and Mongolia was launched at the Arshan checkpoint. Local authorities have engaged over 4,600 residents of these areas in cross-border trade. The import of 14 categories of goods from abroad is ongoing. Furthermore, a "border trade and on-site processing" model has been piloted, facilitating the development of the processing industry in the border regions, employment opportunities, and income growth.
At the same time, the level of connectivity between the checkpoints of China and Mongolia has significantly increased, leading to the launch of cross-border regular automobile passenger transportation to Mongolia through the Arshan checkpoint.
Taking advantage of the opportunities created by the transition of the Arshan checkpoint to a year-round operation, Aimag Khingan plans to deepen exchanges and cooperation with Mongolia, actively develop cross-border tourism and border trade, simplify customs clearance procedures, and make new and even more significant contributions to the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, the construction of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, and the promotion of high-quality economic development in Inner Mongolia and its high-level openness to the outside world.
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