On October 10 local time, the third round of China-Germany intergovernmental consultations was held in Berlin, and the two governments decided to promote innovative cooperation between the two countries. The transportation cooperation, as an important field of innovative cooperation, for the first time became an important topic in China-Germany intergovernmental consultations and was included in the Action Outline for China-Germany Cooperation jointly issued by the two countries.
In the Outline, both sides affirmed to deepen bilateral innovative cooperation in the field of transportation, including intelligent transportation, traffic regulations, road transportation safety, inland water transportation, railway, international shipping, the construction of environment-friendly transportation system and other fields. As specific measures, both sides expressed their willingness to vigorously tap the potential of an international freight-train network linking China to Europe, support the expansion of China-Europe international trade corridor, and jointly advocate and dedicate to the construction of efficient supply chain, so as to achieve barrier-free transportation for goods. Both sides will also promote the opening of green ship routes for containers between port of Shanghai and port of Hamburg.