On the morning of June 16, 2021, it was very hot outside in Horgos. In the production workshop of a semiconductor company, the production scene is also very hot. Workers are rushing to order, and the products will be shipped to foreign markets via the China-Europe Express train after they leave the factory.

At the Horgos Station of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd., a gantry crane hoisted many containers in place. These containers will be shipped to Central Asia, Europe and other markets via the China-Europe Express. Since the launch of the China-Europe train, the number of trains entering and leaving the country through this station has increased year by year, reaching 4032 trains in 2020.

Zhang Jiaowei, general manager of the semiconductor company, said that Khorgos has convenient transportation, and products can be transported to various places in the country through the expressway. According to reports, under the influence of this semiconductor company, currently seven domestic related companies have settled in Khorgos, forming a relatively complete industrial chain, laying a good foundation for Khorgos to expand the electronic information industry.

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Khorgos City is the terminus of Lianhuo Expressway (G30) and Jingyiho Railway. It is also the location of Khorgos Port. The customs clearance history has been nearly 140 years. For hundreds of years, camel teams, trucks, and trains have transported all kinds of goods from Khorgos in and out. Khorgos has become an important channel for China to open up to the outside world.

Xu Xinming, a member of the Party Working Committee of the Khorgos Economic Development Zone, said: "In the past, Khorgos was mainly a channel economy, lacking industrial projects, let alone forming an industrial agglomeration effect."

Khorgos gives full play to the three advantages of "location, policy, and openness", insists on taking the real economy as the core, focusing on processing trade and import and export trade, and continuously adjusting the industrial structure with the support of technological innovation, financial services and human resources. , Optimize the business environment, accelerate industrial agglomeration, build a modern industrial system, continue to promote Khorgos’s transition from "channel economy" to "port economy" and "industrial economy", accelerating the convergence of various industries.

Today, Horgos has formed a diversified economy integrating foreign trade, logistics, processing, tourism, shopping, and warehousing. Industries such as high-tech, modern equipment manufacturing, daily necessities processing, deep processing of agricultural and sideline products, and medicine and health are booming. It is precisely because of the location advantage of Khorgos opening to the outside world and the prospect of industrial agglomeration development. In 2017, Xinjiang Hanyang Electric Heating Technology Co., Ltd. settled in Khorgos. "We are based on the domestic market and actively explore foreign markets. In recent years, product sales have increased year by year." said Zhang Jingxuan, deputy general manager of the company. Now Khorgos is not only prosperous in trade and numerous industries, but also attracts many domestic tourists to visit here. In the morning, tourist buses parked in front of the Horgos National Gate Cultural Exhibition Hall, and tourists walked into the exhibition hall in an endless stream. "Khorgos is the west gate of the country. Here we can experience different cultures and feel the charm of expanding and opening up." said Liu Jianzhong, a tourist from Henan.

As an important node of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Horgos City has a special location advantage. In addition, there are highway ports and railway ports here, and freight transportation is convenient. It has a good geographical advantage in attracting investment.

On this basis, Khorgos strives to create a good business environment for enterprises, helps companies solve practical difficulties, and attracts investment around industrial clusters. These are all important factors for Khorgos to attract enterprises to invest.

Plant plane trees to attract phoenixes. Horgos focuses on serving companies and creating a good business environment. In just a few years, it has attracted many companies to settle and develop and form industrial clusters. Editor/He Yuting