In 2023, the total volume of cargo through Ganqimaodu, the largest road border crossing on the China-Mongolia border, rose 98.54 percent year on year to 37.86 million tons, reaching a record high since the opening of the crossing.

According to Qin Ruiqiang, deputy head of the management committee of this border crossing point, last year Ganqimaodu continued to promote intelligent customs clearance, form special corridors for cross-border unmanned vehicles and a special customs control zone, and significantly improved the efficiency of customs clearance.

In 2023, more than 40 million yuan (about US$5.65 million) of funding was allocated to widen the existing roads at the border crossing, doubling the efficiency of customs clearance. In 2023, more than 40 million yuan (about US$5.65 million) of funding was allocated to expand the available roads at the border crossing, doubling customs clearance capacity and further improving traffic safety, he said.

The Ganqimaodu border crossing point, located in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is the country's main energy import channel and an important hub of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor.