China’s Transport Minister Liu Wei Meets Ministers from Seven Countries in Beijing

The bilateral format, rather than a single multilateral session, suggests transport diplomacy is being used to advance individual relationships alongside the forum itself. The lineup is geographically telling: Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Caucasus and Belarus — corridors tied to overland trade and logistics connectivity rather than any single bloc. Whether these meetings produce follow-through beyond forum attendance is the open question; for now, the signal is China keeping its transport-connectivity channels warm across a deliberately varied set of partners.