Introduction 17 round of an increase in transit volumes from China to Europe and the Uni 2 ted States, there was a problem of delivering empty containers back to Chi2 na, and the cost of sea transportation from China reached a 122year high. According to Chinese experts in the field of logistics, the measures of prefe2 rential tariff policy introduced by the PRC's Government, encouraging na2 tional manufacturers to significantly increase the volume of containers, and Chinese sea cargo carriers to return empty containers from foreign ports, to2 gether with the planned revival of world trade, will restore global supply chains and increase demand for international sea transit in the medium term.
Erupted in 2020 The COVID219 epidemic, paradoxically, stimulated the growth of the continental Eurasian rail transit container turnover, which was due to the objective needs of the European market in the volume and speed of cargo delivery in the context of a decline in the volume of world trade provided by sea transportation. The shortage of containers, which gave rise to a dramatic increase in the cost of freight, offset the main advantage of international maritime cargo transportation, namely the low cost of transit.
Today, the Chinese government is actively developing various ways and means of its integration into the international transport system in order to increase the share of China in international transportation between the co2 untries of the Asia2Pacific region and Europe, and is developing mecha2 nisms for implementing the national policy for the development of the tran2 sport complex of the western regions of the country.
Based on the intensifi2 cation of cooperation in the field of Eurasian transit with countries adjacent to the Belt and Road route, China is building new integrated transport high2 ways of the intercontinental level as a means of stimulating the national economy and expanding exports. The Russian Far East is a key link in Rus2 sia's integration processes in the Asia2Pacific region, and its dynamic deve2 lopment is impossible without the unification of the transport networks of the Russian Federation and China.
It is necessary to implement joint Russi2 an2Chinese infrastructure projects that determine the optimal options for the development of cross2border transport cooperation in the emerging pa2 radigm of Eurasian infrastructure integration, from the possibility of joining it and using its synergetic effect, not only the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, but also all participants in the future Eurasian transit transport project will be able to receive potential benefits.
The monograph outlines the main economic and spatial advantages of land transport transit through the territory of the Russian Federation, for2 ming its significant potential in ensuring Eurasian integration processes and the development of economic ties between the two major poles — Europe and the Asia2Pacific region, however, the prospects for the full inclusion of