On April 17, China Railway Hohhot Group Co signed a cooperation agreement with Ordos Energy Investment and Development Co and Dongsheng District Urban Investment Co for the Ordos Railway Logistics Base Project.

The project's signing ceremony.  [Photo/WeChat account of Nuan News]

The Ordos Railway Logistics Base Project is located east of Dongshengxi Railway Station on the Baotou-Xi'an Railway. It has a total investment of 397 million yuan ($54.39 million) and a planned site of 1,500 mu (100 hectares). The project integrates nine functional modules, including railway operations, comprehensive services, smart warehousing, and automated sorting systems. The first phase will have an annual throughput capacity of 2 million metric tons, with an expected 30 percent reduction in overall logistics costs. 

The project will primarily support the land transportation needs of industries such as JA Solar and Chery New Energy to Europe. It will connect with the airport logistics park railway line to build an air, rail, highway, and waterway multimodal transportation system.

Once fully operational, the annual throughput is expected to exceed 5 million tons, creating 2,000 new jobs and helping Ordos become an international logistics hub along the Belt and Road.