China Mongolia Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC)

The China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC) is a northern overland axis of the Belt and Road Initiative that links Northern China to Russia’s Far East and onward to Europe. Like the New Eurasian Land Bridge (NELB) and the China–Central Asia–West Asia Economic Corridor (CAWEC), the China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC) follows one of the principal alignments of the China–Europe Railway Express network. Rather than a single linear route, it is structured as a multi-modal corridor composed of interconnected railways, border ports, and logistics hubs, combining the Trans-Mongolian line (via Ulaanbaatar) with feeder routes from the Russian Far East (via Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Chita) that converge into the Trans-Siberian corridor. This configuration highlights CMREC’s role not only as a trilateral development framework but also as a key interface between inland Eurasian rail systems and Pacific maritime gateways.