On May 8, 2017, the report Unleashing the Potential of International Road  Transport and Servicing the Construction of Belt and Road—An Analysis Report on the Role of the International Road Transport System in Promoting the “Unimpeded Trade” among China and the Countries Along the Belt and Road written by Chunrui Zhang, Wei Xu and Laoer Wu of School of Public Administration was officially released to the public in a media roundtable by the International Road Transport Union, an international organization authorized by the United Nations to manage the international road transport system. More than 20 media including Xinhua New Agency, People’s Daily Online, People’s Daily and Jiemian News participated in the press conference and widely reprint the report.

Based on China’s Belt and Road initiative, trade facilitation reform and China’s participation in the TIR Convention of the United Nations, the report points out that China’s accelerated implementation of TIR system will effectively improve the customs facilitation and further open transport corridors along the Belt and Road so as to push forward trade facilitation and promote the interconnection.