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2025.09.09 11:16 GMT+8

From first to sixth generation: Horgos Port reflects Xinjiang's transformation

Updated 2025.09.09 11:16 GMT+8
CGTN

The first generation of Horgos national gate was completed and opened in the 1960s.

The second-generation gate put into use in 1983.

The third generation opened in the early 1990s after renovation and expansion.

In 1996, the fourth-generation gate was built, relocated over one kilometer forward from the previous site — a milestone in the development of the national gate.

After 2000, the fourth-generation gate was widened and raised, becoming the fifth-generation national gate.

In 2018, the sixth-generation national gate was officially put into use, emerging as a new landmark of Horgos City.

Horgos Port, a major railway hub in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, handles the daily export of more than 500 commercial vehicles, including new energy vehicles, forklifts, coaches and dump trucks, to Belt and Road partner countries such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

As China's western gateway, Horgos Port illustrates both tradition and transformation. The evolution from the first to the sixth generation of the national gate reflects not only changes in infrastructure, but also Xinjiang's development and its deepening ties with the world.

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