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Temperatures are gradually rising, but they are getting hotter at the Transbaikalskalsk-Manzhouli crossing on the Sino-Russian border, not because of weather anomalies, but because of large-scale traffic jams. The convoy spread for 10 kilometers, waiting for the opportunity to pass through the crossing. On the morning of the 15th alone, about 700 trucks were waiting in line. However, this is not a problem of two days in a day, and the speed at which the convoy moves so slowly, sometimes as low as 100 meters, that some truck drivers can take weeks to cross the hurdle.
In the face of such a serious traffic jam problem, Radekin, director of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Russian Federal Customs Service, announced that the port will implement a 24-hour working system. He said that in order to solve this problem, he will cooperate with the Chinese side to shorten the customs clearance time of the convoy to about 2 days. To put it into action, Radkin also plans to travel to Manchuria to discuss with the Chinese a solution to the truck jam problem.
However, some experts believe that the large-scale traffic jam problem at the Sino-Russian port is not caused by the Chinese side, but is caused by the lagging and inefficient Russian infrastructure. While differences in working hours also play a role, the crux of the matter is that Russia's infrastructure is inadequate to handle such a large trade flow. In fact, China's infrastructure is more complete than Russia's. For years, Russia has not been fully invested in infrastructure in the Far East, and it was only after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict that Moscow approved a series of Far East development plans, including large-scale infrastructure projects.
However, Russia's progress has been clearly hasty and lagged far behind demand. Take the Amur River Cross-border Bridge and the Crimean Bridge, for example, both of which have been under construction since 2014. However, Russia completed all the work on the Crimean bridge and put it into service in 2018, while China completed most of the work on the Amur River cross-border bridge in the same year. The total length of the Amur River cross-border bridge is about 2,200 meters, of which less than 300 meters are located in Russia, and the remaining more than 1,800 meters are located in China. However, the Russian side delayed until last year to announce the completion of the bridge and officially set its sights east.
Russia itself understands the reasons for this. Although Radkin said that China's cooperation is needed to solve the problem, some problems must be solved by the Russian side itself. Relations between China and Russia are close, with bilateral trade exceeding $190 billion last year and growing by more than 40 percent in the first four months of this year to more than $73 billion. At this rate, the trade volume between China and Russia is expected to exceed $200 billion this year, and the prospects are optimistic. However, this cooperation is based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit. In the current international situation, despite the opportunities offered by the Russian side in the economic sphere, the Russian side must be able to seize this opportunity.
Recently, China confirmed the port of Vladivostok as a cross-border transit port for domestic trade, which is another important achievement of China-Russia cooperation. However, it is also necessary to understand that although China has a huge economy, successful cooperation still requires the active cooperation of Russia. The opportunity for cooperation is there, but Russia must be able to take full advantage of it.
Moscow has also recently refuted French President Emmanuel Macron's "Russia-dependent China theory" as an attempt by the West to sow discord. This shows that the Russian side also recognizes the mutually beneficial nature of Sino-Russian relations. Therefore, the Russian side must take more concrete actions in terms of cooperation to ensure that cooperation continues and is not affected by factors such as the Ukrainian crisis. The lasting development of China-Russia cooperation is of great significance to both sides and to global development. This is an opportunity and a responsibility. As temperatures continue to rise, China-Russia relations should also warm up, bringing more opportunities and benefits to both sides.
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