CHINA BORDER POLICE ALATAW PASS

Border inspection officials at Alataw Pass, at the China-Kazakhstan border in Xinjang

epa10602091 Cui Hongwu (front) and his colleagues head for duty site at Alataw Pass, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 04 April 2023 (issued 01 May 2023). Alataw Pass is a major land port at the China-Kazakhstan border in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Cui Hongwu, an official with the border inspection station at the port, has been working for over 10 years. Here he met his wife Liu Xin, who is his colleague and works as a police dog handler. In recent years, the Alataw Pass has seen a growing number and accelerating frequency of inbound and outbound train trips, which means a huge amount of work for Cui Hongwu and his colleagues. Located along the G219, the longest national highway with the highest average elevation in China, the Alataw Pass is troubled with windy weather and huge temperature difference. Alataw Pass handled 1,588 China-Europe freight train trips in the first quarter this year, marking a 10.35 percent year-on-year jump, local railway authorities said. EPA/XINHUA / LI XIANG CHINA OUT / MANDATORY CREDIT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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