Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park (XITLP; Chinese: 西安国际港务区) is an industrial park located in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, serving as free trade zone dry port.[1][2]
History
editThe park was founded in 2008 to create a transport hub in the inland water areas surrounding Xi'an. The park's development was explicitly conceived to be a model of logistics-based urbanization.[3]: 119-120 The park is approximately a 35 square mile area in northeast Xi'an.[3]: 120
The park brings together a dry port and rail container center.[3]: 119 The Longhai Railway is located in the Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park. It is the most busiest railway heading to China's Central plains.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ZHONG ZHI (2010-10-14). "Largest Inland Port Established in Xi'an". Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ Qin Mei (2010-10-25). "Xi'an Builds Regional Transportation Hub". Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Curtis, Simon; Klaus, Ian (2024). The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/jj.11589102. ISBN 9780300266900. JSTOR jj.11589102.
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