Three departments: promote the interconnection of market cultivation, and accelerate the construction of a unified large market.

The Ministry of Transport, the National Railway Administration, and China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. have issued the "Action Plan for Promoting the Deep Integration of Containerized Rail-water Intermodal Transport with 'One Port, One Policy'". It includes: improving the market pricing mechanism for rail-water intermodal transport. Improving the flexible adjustment mechanism for railway freight prices, formulating the "Regulations on Market-oriented Pricing Management of Railway Freight", innovating various quotation methods such as per car, per container, and per ton, supporting measures such as reducing freight rates for containerized rail-water intermodal transport and promoting the "one-price" intermodal charging model. Strengthening the examination and approval of technical standards and safety measures for railway dedicated lines, determining construction standards reasonably, further improving the efficiency of the railway dedicated line connection procedures at port entrances, and focusing on reducing the construction and operation costs of railway dedicated lines. Encouraging shipping companies to extend the period for empty container return, waive demurrage fees, and reasonably ensure the availability of containers and slots for rail-water intermodal transport. Promoting the facilitation of port clearance. Promoting cooperation with Tianjin Port, Guangzhou Port, Shenzhen Port, and other key ports to develop cross-border e-commerce and sea freight inspection and supervision facilities, promoting the "Railway Fast Passage" clearance model. Port companies strengthen cooperation with customs and other port units, expand import cargo "direct pick-up" and export cargo "direct loading" services, utilize clearance models such as "departure confirmation", "first container clearance", and "shipside release" for import cargo, promote the application of the "single window" reservation inspection in waterway ports, and facilitate rapid loading, unloading, transfer, and release, continuously improving the efficiency of port clearance for container intermodal transport. Building high-quality rail-water intermodal transport routes. Conducting exemplary case submissions for cultivating branded containerized rail-water intermodal transport routes, strengthening port-rail coordination, promoting collaboration between road enterprises, focusing on the seamless connection of intermodal infrastructure, end-to-end intermodal services, complete intermodal organization, and information sharing, supporting policy coordination, selecting and releasing branded rail-water intermodal transport routes nationwide annually, guiding the cultivation of a group of backbone intermodal routes with outstanding facility capacity, efficient resource integration, standardized operation services, and smooth institutional mechanisms.