铁路口岸是我国对外开放的重要窗口,目前全国17个铁路口岸中有11个口岸分别与俄罗斯、蒙古、哈萨克斯坦、朝鲜和越南等五个国家和香港地区直接相连接。随着我国对外贸易的不断发展,铁路口岸运量,特别是与俄罗斯、哈萨克斯坦和蒙古等国接壤的铁路口岸进出口货运量逐年大幅度增长,铁路口岸工作的重要性日益突出。铁道部副部长刘志军表示,将进一步采取有力措施,加强和改进铁路口岸工作,推动“大通关”的实施。 The railway port is an important window for China’s opening to the outside world. At present, 11 of the 17 railway ports in the country are directly connected with five countries including Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, North Korea and Vietnam and Hong Kong. With the continuous development of China’s foreign trade, the volume of railway ports, especially the import and export volume of railway ports bordering Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia have increased substantially each year. The importance of railway ports has become increasingly prominent. Liu Zhijun, vice minister of the Ministry of Railways, said that further vigorous measures will be taken to strengthen and improve the work on railway ports and promote the implementation of the “major clearance.”