pak-china-us3r Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw a 19.9 percent year-on-year increase in the total value of its foreign trade in 2025, ranking first in terms of growth rate among all Chinese provincial-level regions, according to the regional government’s information office on Wednesday.
Li Xuan, deputy director of Xinjiang’s department of commerce, said at a press conference that the region’s total import and export value came in at 520.37 billion yuan (74.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025.
Xinjiang has established a multi-level and three-dimensional platform system for opening-up, spearheaded by the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone and supported by national economic and technological development zones, cross-border economic cooperation zones, and comprehensive bonded zones, according to Li.
Over the past five years, more than half of all China-Europe (Central Asia) freight trains exited China via Xinjiang, and the region’s major highway ports have achieved a round-the-clock customs clearance capacity. Urumqi Tianshan International Airport now operates 37 international cargo routes connecting 36 cities in 22 countries and regions. The airport’s cargo throughput surged 152.2 percent year on year in 2025.
“With the vigorous development of new foreign trade formats such as global bonded aircraft maintenance and cross-border e-commerce, Xinjiang continues to optimize its trade structure, and the integration of industry and trade is strengthening,” Li said.
Leveraging its geographical advantages, Xinjiang is set to achieve high-quality development characterized by steady growth in trade scale, a diverse range of market entities and the continuous optimization of its trade structure, Li added.
