Silk Road (In Photos)

Aerial photo shows highway of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways.

Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2018 shows a bus running on a road in Huocheng County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)/ RSS
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 8, 2018 shows the Yining-Zhaosu highway in Ili, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)/RSS
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2018 shows the Lianyungang-Horgos expressway along the Tianshan Mountains, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)/ RSS
Aerial photo taken on July 15, 2017 shows the Dushanzi-Kuqa highway, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As an important link of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Xinjiang is speeding up the development of transportation and logistics to connect east and west. By the end of 2017, the total length of roads in Xinjiang reached 186,000 km, with 4,578 km of expressways. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)/ RSS