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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, July 4 (Xinhua) — The passenger flow through the Takeshken checkpoint on the Chinese-Mongolia border approached 80,000 person-times in the first half of this year, up 5 percent year-on-year, the local border service said.
In particular, the share of foreigners in the incoming and outgoing passenger flow through this road border crossing during the reporting period was 97 percent. Among them are citizens of Mongolia, Russia, France, Switzerland and more than 20 other countries. Most of them crossed the border through Takeshken for tourist trips, and the rest – to visit relatives, hold business meetings, etc.
Takeshken is located in Qinghe County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR, northwest China) and is the region’s largest checkpoint on the border with Mongolia.
Thanks to China’s optimization of visa-free policy and the development of China-Mongol cross-border tourism and trade, Takeshken has seen a continuous increase in passenger traffic, cargo traffic and the number of vehicles passing through since the beginning of this year.
The local border service promised to do everything necessary to ensure uninterrupted passenger and cargo flow through the checkpoint. -0-