Alashankou, also known as Alataw Pass, a major land port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, handled more than 29.81 million tons of cargoes in 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 5.3 percent.
Both railway and highway transportation at the port registered steady growth.
Throughout 2025, the Alashankou Port continued to improve the efficiency of customs procedures, shortening the transshipment time for trains to two hours, and average customs clearance time for trucks by 85.5 percent.
The port now has claimed 128 routes of freight services passing it, connecting China with 21 countries, including Germany and Poland. Goods transported through the port are in 200 categories.
Located on the border with Kazakhstan, the Alashankou port serves as a key transportation corridor linking China with Central Asia and Europe. The launch of the first China-Europe freight train service in 2011 transformed China's northwestern border region into a frontier for the country's opening-up efforts.
Alashankou port reports record freight transport in 2025
Alashankou port reports record freight transport in 2025
At least one person has died and several others have been hospitalized after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Maluku Strait early on Thursday morning, with the quake also causing varying degrees of damage to multiple buildings in Manado, the capital city of the North Sulawesi province. The quake struck at 06:48 local time Thursday at a magnitude of 7.4 and a depth of 30 kilometers, according to measurements by the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
There were scenes of panic outside a hospital in Manado when the quake hit, with several seconds of intense shaking causing cracks to appear in the building of the medical facility which belongs to the Siloam private healthcare group.
Patients and medical staff were urgently evacuated to the roadside, with some seen in wheelchairs or still connected to intravenous (IV) drips, while others were even pushed out of the wards on their hospital beds. A car parked downstairs was hit by falling debris, shattering its windows.
"Some people were sleeping at the time, some had just undergone surgery, and others were receiving treatment. The earthquake damaged the hospital's ceiling, and I also saw some cracks in the walls," said Billy Lombok, the family member of a patient.
A tsunami warning was issued but later lifted following the quake as Indonesian authorities observed no significant sea level changes.
Patients rushed out from hospital building as 7.4-magnitude quake hits Indonesia, killing one
