New boom set for trading hub

But poor infrastructure poses challenges for Kashgar. Cui Jia reports from Xinjiang.

Kashgar is set to become an economic development zone (EDZ), as part of government efforts to transform the city into a prosperous trading post for China's Central Asian neighbors.

Authorities have announced they will introduce preferential investment and taxation policies to boost investment in this ancient city in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which borders Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.