in China 2010). In 1989, the government further funded a ‘‘973’’ project
concerning the multi-modal international container transportation system. This
work was sponsored by the ministry of transport of the People’s Republic of
China, the water transportation institute and the Shanghai municipal government.
The project in fact played an important role in developing container regularization
and its modernization, as well as multimodal transportation in China. In addition,
since 2000, China has pursued collaboration with developed countries such as
Canada and the United States on multimodal transportation