The Asian Super Grid in Northeast Asia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Russia and Mongolia have been incorporated into the BRI through the China-Russia-Mongolia economic corridor. Corridor meetings have been held since 2014. In September
2016, the “Outline of the Construction of the China-Mongolian-Russian Economic Corridor” marked the first framework beyond bilateral for BRI. In December 2016, they signed
the Intergovernmental Agreement on International Road Transport along the Asian Highway Network. The Mongolian Foreign Ministry in November 2017 indicated that planning
for railway and road transit corridors, and science and technology parks, had advanced
further than energy infrastructure plans. Mongolian priority was on electricity transmission lines, implying preference for Gobitech.
Super interesting! Link to full pdf: https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/projekt_papiere/Christoffersen_BCAS_2018_Northeast_Asian_Supergrid_13.pdf
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