Xinjiang Alashankou Port Infrastructure Development Project (NDB-XINJIANGPORT)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
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Countries
  • China
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Specific Location
Alashankou Municipality, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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Financial Institutions
  • New Development Bank (NDB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Borrower
Government of China
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Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
  • Energy
  • Industry and Trade
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 403.97 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 2900
Converted using 2025-08-04 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 403.97 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 2900
Converted using 2025-08-04 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 598.99 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 4300
Converted using 2025-08-04 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ NDB website

Updated in EWS Aug 20, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Aug 4, 2025

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Project Description
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As stated by the NDB, Alashankou, a vital railway hub on the border with Kazakhstan, has been evolving as a gateway connecting China with Central Asia, West Asia and Europe. However, its logistics infrastructure has struggled to keep up with rising demand due to several constraints, including limited railway transshipment capacity between standard-gauge used in China and broad-gauge used in Kazakhstan, bottlenecks in inspection procedures for road transport, insufficient warehousing and inadequate operational coordination.

Planned port expansion presents an opportunity to decarbonize its operations. For instance, it is planned to deploy advanced batteries to store the surplus wind-generated electricity from Alashankou, which is currently curtailed due to intermittency, and to obtain heat from air- and wastewater-source heat pumps instead of traditional coal-fired heating stations. A substantial part of carbon emissions is expected to be captured through large-scale afforestation near the port.

The Project includes four components:

  • Component I: Enhancing Logistics Infrastructure: (i) construction of railway transshipment lines, dedicated lines and a second broad-gauge railway marshalling yard; (ii) construction of a new road port joint inspection hall and rehabilitation of roads; and (iii) development of warehouses.
  • Component II: Accelerating Digital Transformation: development of an integrated digital platform.
  • Component III: Sustainably Strengthening Support Facilities: upgrade and expansion of utilities and auxiliary infrastructure, including green heating and power storage systems to reduce carbon emissions, and protective forests to serve as carbon sinks.
  • Component IV: Project Management and Capacity Building.

The implementing agencies will be The People’s Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, The People’s Government of Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, and The People’s Government of Alashankou Municipality.

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