An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024 shows a view of the standard-gage yard of Horgos railway port in Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
An aerial drone photo taken at dusk on May 22, 2025 shows a transit parking lot in the town of Zharkent, Kazakhstan. (Xinhua/Li Renzi) * In Horgos, a more flexible and cost-effective "self-driving export" has significantly facilitated the development of related businesses and continuously improved customs clearance efficiency since the agreement on mutual visa exemption between China and Kazakhstan went into force.
"I wanted to grow the kind of Hami melon that tastes exactly like what I enjoyed when I was little and help increase the incomes of my fellow villagers," said Yan Xiaobing, head of Xiaobing planting cooperative, explaining his decision to leave a well-paid job at a foreign company to grow Hami melons. "My parents grew Hami melons all their lives.
URUMQI, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- As of Sept.
