Atruckadornedwithabannerreading"TransportInternationalRouter(TIR)"departedfromalogisticscompanyinWeifang,Shandongprovince,onNov14.ItissettoreachtheRussiancapitalofMoscowinsevendays.
TIRwasestablishedin1949bytheInternationalRoadTransportUnionasagloballyrecognizedsystemforinternationalcustomstransitandguarantees.Ithasfacilitatedinternationaltransportandtradebystreamliningcustomsproceduresandenhancingefficiency.
In2016,Chinabecamethe70thcontractingpartytotheUnitedNationsTIRConventionandofficiallyimplementedthesysteminChinain2018.Sincethen,TIRtransportfromChinahasconnecteddirectlytoover30countriesinAsiaandEurope,allowingcross-borderroadfreighttransitdistancesofover7,000kilometerstobetraversedinaroundtwoweeks.
SeveralcitiesinShandongprovince,includingJinan,Qingdao,Weifang,Linyi,andWeihai,havesuccessfullyimplementedTIR.Itisrapidlyadvancingincitiesacrosstheprovince,notonlyenhancingcross-borderlogisticsefficiencybutalsoprovidingbusinesseswithmoreinternationaltradeopportunities.
Lookingahead,withmorecitiesandenterprisesjoiningtheranksofTIRtransport,thesystemwillplayanincreasinglyvitalroleinpromotingregionaleconomicintegrationandfacilitatingglobaltrade.Shandongisgraduallyestablishinganefficientandconvenientinternationallogisticsnetwork.