A train passes through H986 inspection system at the Alataw Pass in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2016. China's far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is becoming better connected with the international community after the implementation of the Silk Road Economic Belt. Trade volume at Alataw Pass, the region's largest land port on the Kazakhstan border, reached 25 million tonnes in 2014, after an average annual growth of 27 percent since 1991. (Photo/Xinhua)
