As a person who grew up in an inland city, never set foot on the border and has never left the country, his imagination of the "port" is probably the "key throat" in the information, or an ancient post station where camel bells and caravans gather in film and television dramas. Of course, in the context of the times, I know that this place must be a modern city. It was not until the report group of "Looking on the SCO along the train" arrived in Yining and drove deep into the border city called "Horgos", that the blurry outlines were filled with real colors.

Here, the architectural elements of national style coexist in harmony with modern buildings. Walking into the street shop at will, the various delicacies on the menu and the rich ethnic customs in the room are silently telling: This is Xinjiang. The enthusiasm of friends in Xinjiang not only warmed the stomach, but also paved the way for interviews. The night market under the visa-free policy is like a miniaturized "international community", with faces from various countries lingering between food and stalls. We long to learn about their stories, but we run into the barrier of language. Just when I was at a loss, I was fortunate to meet the Kazakh girl Yelina. Not only did she share her experiences and experiences happily, she also volunteered to act as a translator. Under her enthusiastic "built bridge", the vivid feelings of those foreign tourists were able to be incorporated into our reports that night. An interview was blocked and unexpectedly gained a more down-to-earth folk perspective and help across languages.

The next day, we finally stood in front of the fifth generation of Horgos. Even though its mission has been continued by the sixth generation of national gates in 2018, its majestic figure still tells the weight of the times. Looking at it, what emerged in my mind was the journey of "growing up" from the initial simple and simple five bungalows. This intuitive change is a silent witness to the increasingly unblocking western passage of the motherland and the increasingly prosperous border trade. More and more "Made in China" are rushing to Central Asia and Europe, and Linlang's exotic goods are also continuously flowing into the domestic market. The country has long surpassed the physical boundaries and has become a symbol of the dynamic and surging trade artery.

Close to the fifth-generation national gate, the world's first cross-border economic cooperation zone, the "China-Kazakhs Horgos International Border Cooperation Center", is bustling. The famous "red and blue line" check-in point attracts tourists to experience the novelty of "going abroad in one second" and "cross-border exchanges". People from China and Kazakhstan freely exchange and trade goods here, and the scenes of packaging and delivery can be seen everywhere. The vitality of the cooperation zone is a vivid footnote to the prosperity of the border.

When I walked into the European duty-free city, what attracted me was not only a full range of goods, but also a "blank area" that appeared on the shelves by area. Boss Hu Chunmei revealed the reason: these empty seats are "medals" for the goods being sold out, and a new batch of goods is being transported by the China-Europe Express day and night. It is the stable operation rhythm of the train that creates a special scene of "leave blank" in shelf rotation. "Air freight is fast, but the freight is expensive. The lower-priced goods such as shampoo will make the profits thin when shipped; shipping is cheap, but it takes too long. Some products with a half-year shelf life will be left after crossing the ocean and only half of them are left in their hands. Once they arrive, they will have to be promoted!" The boss's calculations revealed the logistics pain points of cross-border trade. In recent years, driven by the "Belt and Road" initiative, the rapid China-Europe freight trains are becoming a "golden channel" favored by more and more Chinese and European merchants with their comparative advantages in terms of timeliness, prices, transportation capacity, etc.

Where the camel caravan passes (Mongolian), where wealth is accumulated (Kazakhs) - Horgos, this name sounds so accurate today. The ancient camel bells have gone away, replaced by the roaring whistle of the steel "camel caravan", carrying goods and opportunities. A new chapter of opening is continued on this land that once witnessed the legend of the Silk Road.