Cross-border free trade zone on China-Kazakhstan border brims with tourists, traders
Updated: August 13, 2019 10:49Xinhua
Photo taken on Aug 11, 2019 shows a duty-free shop at the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border. Striding the China-Kazakhstan border, the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center brims with tourists and traders in the summertime high season for tourism. Food and beverages from Central Asia as well as textile products and small commodities made in China offer a rich selection of goods for customers worldwide. According to statistics from the center's managing office, the number of visitors to the facility has reached 3.34 million in the first seven months of 2019, up by 7.28 percent on a year-on-year basis. As the world's first cross-border free trade zone, the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center has seen an increasing number of visitors since it was officially launched in 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists from Kazakhstan visit a clothes shop at the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists visit the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists buy clothes at the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Actresses from Russia perform at a plaza of the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists buy accessories at the Horgos International Border Cooperation Center on the China-Kazakhstan border, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
