Digitalization of EAEU – China rail freight transport enters trial phase. This was stated by Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, following the meeting of the Joint Commission for Implementing the Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and the People’s Republic of China. The EEC Minister mentioned: “The work conducted by the sides in 2025 allowed for starting trial shipments using electronic waybills and paperless technology between Russia and China. The first shipments of high-demand cargoes, namely coal, fertilizers, and consumer goods, using digital documents have already begun via the “Grodekovo – Suifenhe” checkpoint”. Andrey Slepnev hopes that a set of documents to launch similar shipments with Kazakhstan will be ready for signing in the near future. Furthermore, progress was noted in testing the exchange of electronic veterinary certificates for cargo shipments between the EAEU and China, which is especially important given the significant share of agricultural products in mutual trade. Andrey Slepnev outlined: “We propose replicating this model to ensure a full transition to electronic veterinary certificates, as well as to give impetus to integrating the electronic systems of our countries’ competent authorities in the field of plant quarantine”. While discussing the transport connectivity, the sides expressed their intention to cooperate in developing transit shipments from the EAEU States through the Chinese territory to Southeast Asian countries and agreed to organize relevant consultations. #EAEU