中亚位于亚欧大陆的腹地,是连接亚洲、欧洲的陆上走廊,古代“丝绸之路”的必经之地,其历史上就是一个重要的商业贸易中转站,多种思想文化、宗教和民族并存的地区。新疆与中亚同属于中亚经济圈,第二座亚欧大陆桥更是将新疆与中亚紧密联系在一起。新疆是我国向西开放的桥头堡,也是我国反对民族分裂主义、宗教极端势力、国际恐怖主义渗透和扩散的最前沿阵地。 Located in the hinterland of the Asia-Europe continent, Central Asia is a necessary place to connect the land corridors in Asia and Europe and the ancient Silk Road. Historically, Central Asia has become an important transit station for commerce and trade, with various ideologies and cultures, Religious and ethnic coexistence areas. Xinjiang and Central Asia belong to the Central Asian economic circle, and the second Eurasian Continental Bridge is to link Xinjiang with Central Asia. Xinjiang is a bridgehead for China’s opening to the west and is also the foremost front for our country in opposing the infiltration and spread of ethnic separatism, religious extremists and international terrorism.