Goods from Jilin and Heilongjiang, China’s landlocked northeastern provinces, will be able to move through the Russian port of Vladivostok, the closest sea exit.
As of June 1, the port of the city located in the Russian Far East will be open for the shipment of goods from Jilin and Heilongjiang to a Chinese port, the Customs Administration of the Asian country recently reported in a statement.
Entities from the two provinces will not need to go to the port of Dalian, in Liaoning province, which, despite being the closest Chinese port to Jilin and Heilongjiang, is, in some cases, more than 1,000 kilometers away.
The port of Vladivostok is located less than 100 kilometers from the border with China and about 500 kilometers from the capitals of Jilin and Heilongjiang – Changchun and Harbin, respectively.
Vladivostok, the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean, was until the mid-19th century Chinese territory. The bay was known as “Haishenwai”.
China, then ruled by the Qing dynasty, lost territory to Russia under the Treaty of Aigun, one of the “unequal” treaties signed between China and Western powers.
Since then, two of China’s three northeastern provinces, Heilongjiang and Jilin, have been landlocked.
Despite the historic disputes, the leaders of China and Russia, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, last year proclaimed “unlimited friendship” between the two nations.
Source: TSF
