State Council, General Plan for the China (Heilongjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Main contents: The Heilongjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone will construct a transport and logistics hub oriented toward Russia and northeast Asia. It will further expand the scope of cross-border transport goods for internal trade and the scope of entry ports. It supports the establishment of inland dry ports in the Harbin Area. Depending on transport needs and the state of construction of railways outside China, it will start expansion of the capacity and improvement of the Suihua to Heihe railway at the appropriate time and promote expansion of the capacity and improvement of the railway between Suifenhe and Grodekovo, Russia. It will accelerate promotion of the development of the Harbin international air transport hub and, in freedoms of the air negotiations with foreign parties, endeavor on the basis of equality and mutual benefit to secure the international freedoms of the air, including the fifth freedom, required for the development of the Harbin air transport hub. It supports the establishment of a railway handling station for hazardous chemicals in the Suifenhe Area (Article 11).