国内英语资讯:Xi visits Chinese pavilion at Astana Expo, eyes better cross-border transportation_时事

国内英语资讯:Xi visits Chinese pavilion at Astana Expo, eyes better cross-border transportation

ASTANA, June 8 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday visited the Chinese national pavilion of the Expo 2017 in Astana, and urged bilateral efforts to facilitate the China-Kazakhstan cross-border transportation.

Accompanied by his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, Xi toured different sections of the pavilion. The two heads of state also experienced simulated driving in a high-speed rail.

The Chinese pavilion, under the theme of "future energy, green silk road," was the first to start construction and the first one put into test operations. Covering around 1,000 square meters, it aims to share China's experience in such areas as traditional energy upgrading, new energy, environmental protection and sustainable development.

The two presidents later inspected via videolink the logistic center in China's eastern city of Lianyungang and a dry port in Horgos, a city of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region bordering Kazakhstan.

Both cities are key hubs of the Europe-bound China Railway Express and the New Eurasian Land Bridge. In 2016, more than 1,200 trains transited through Kazakhstan, with rail freight handled by the two countries' railways reaching 8.2 million tons and the number of freight containers rising by more than two-fold.

In a statement, Xi said that China Railway Express trains transited through the Central Asian country have benefited not only the two nations, but also countries along the Belt and Road routes.