China's Ministry of Transport and seven other ministries issued an
Implementation Action Plan for Multimodal Transport and Bottleneck Removal
(2026–2030) to accelerate a modern intermodal network. The plan seeks, by 2030
and over roughly five years of implementation, to upgrade about 1,000 major
freight nodes to enhance intermodal functions and to raise the one-hour
transshipment rate above 90%. It targets coastal ports achieving an 80% rail
inbound rate and major Yangtze River trunk ports achieving 100% rail inbound.
The plan also calls for breakthroughs in container rail‑sea security inspection
optimization and standardized rules, including a unified single-document system
referred to as one bill.
