On the 19th, the reporter learned from the "Xinjiang Promoting High-Quality Development" series of theme conferences that in the first quarter, China's Xinjiang's total import and export value to the five Central Asian countries reached 53.18 billion yuan, an increase of 84.5% year-on-year, accounting for Xinjiang's foreign trade in the same period. 78.1% of the total value of imports and exports, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are the top three trading partners of Xinjiang, and their imports and exports increased by 124.4%, 48.7%, and 187.9% respectively.
On the same day, He Guoqing, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Xinjiang Department of Commerce, said at the press conference that in order to further improve the level of economic and trade cooperation between Xinjiang and Central Asian countries, and make Xinjiang a golden channel for Asia and Europe and a bridgehead for opening to the west, this year 3 In November, the Xinjiang friendly exchange delegation visited Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries, and held the second China (Xinjiang)-Kazakhstan Adjacent Area Friendship and Cooperation Dialogue. A total of more than 300 companies participated in the event and organized 3 sessions Signing activities, signed dozens of economic and trade cooperation projects, with a total amount of 750 million US dollars. The traditional markets in Xinjiang and Central Asia continued to grow. Imports and exports to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan were 24.71 billion yuan, 21.7 billion yuan, and 1.97 billion yuan, an increase of 124.4%, 48.7%, and 30% respectively.
"What cooperation considerations does Xinjiang have for further enhancing the level of inter-regional cooperation with Central Asian countries?" When answering reporters' questions, He Guoqing said that the 18th Kazakhstan-China Commodities Exhibition will be held in Kazakhstan this year , within the framework of the 6th Silk Road National Commodities Exhibition held in Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyzstan-China Xinjiang Commodities Exhibition will be held in the form of "exhibition within the exhibition", and a delegation will participate in offline exhibitions such as the Tajikistan International Comprehensive Expo held in Tajikistan , Through a series of economic and trade promotion activities, build a platform for cooperation between enterprises of both sides and create opportunities.