Xinjiang's Horgos Port handles over 42 mln tonnes cargo in Jan-Nov period

The Horgos Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region handled 42.443 million tonnes of import and export cargo in the first 11 months of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 1.4 percent, customs statistics showed.

According to Horgos Customs, in the January-November period, the port's imports primarily consisted of mechanical and electrical products, as well as agricultural goods. On the export side, new energy vehicles stood out as a major category.

The growth in cargo volume and the upgrading of business formats have reinforced each other, continuously highlighting Horgos Port's role as a pivotal hub.

In May, the port implemented a reform to expedite customs clearance, reducing the passage time for imported goods from two to three days to under 16 hours, a decrease of 70 percent. The processing time for local export goods was cut from six hours to just one, a decrease of 80 percent. The real-time data-sharing between customs and railway authorities enables live tracking of logistics and train information, boosting overall customs clearance efficiency for trains by more than 50 percent.

Backed by its geographical, policy and platform advantages, Horgos is stepping up efforts to build itself into a trade logistics center and processing base geared toward Central Asia, fostering high-quality open-economy growth.

Xinjiang's Horgos Port handles over 42 mln tonnes cargo in Jan-Nov period

A carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and liquefaction facility now runs smoothly in south China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), signaling a major technological advance in the region's push toward green and low-carbon development.

The facility, located in Hainan's Chengmai County, was developed by Southern Petroleum Exploration and Development Corporation -- a Hainan-based subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) -- which focuses on oil and gas exploration and new energy development.

It captures, purifies and liquefies CO2 extracted from associated oilfield gas, with daily output of liquid CO2 now surpassing 100 metric tonnes.

"To date, our pilot project has cumulatively stored 360,000 tonnes of CO2 while boosting oil and gas output by 150,000 tonnes. This is equivalent to offsetting the annual carbon emissions of about 150,000 cars," said Wang Haisheng, executive director of Southern Petroleum Exploration and Development Corporation.

Building on its successful industrialization of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), the corporation is now pioneering advanced carbon storage technologies.

By refining capture technology and implementing a multi-dimensional monitoring network, the project has achieved long-term and stable CO2 storage, solidifying the foundation for a safe and low-carbon energy system in Hainan.

CO2 capture, storage facility makes tech advance