The Research on Freedom of Transit under the Belt and Road Initiative

（Northwest University，Xi’an，Shanxi710127，China）

Abstract：The proposition of the Belt and Road Initiative provides global economic cooperation and mutual beneficial development with sound platform and rule direction；it will not only guide the overall improvement of our economic structure， but also be helpful for promoting the restructuring of global economic order. Freedom of Transit，the basis and institutional guarantee for international trade connectivity in the background of the Belt and Road Initiative，will play the important role in improving logistic and trade efficiency and realizing the connectivity of transportation. Though international convention provides freedom of transit with guarantee in terms of rules，because of the influence of conflict in interests，acknowledge differences in law and regulation，the prevailing industrial protection，and political contend among countries，there are still some problems with freedom of transit，such as the problems of institutional difference，the low efficiency of customs clearance，the not unified infrastructure，and the significant political risk. To promote the smooth implementation of freedom of transit，China should play its important role by adopting different countermeasures to guarantee the rule consistency of different countries and WTO， positively signing international investment agreement，promoting the development of infrastructure，signing the Regional Trade Agreement (RTA)，and establishing the Free Trade Area.

Key words：the Belt and Road；freedom of transit；Free Trade Area