The Chinese  reopened the border crossing to Kan Paik Ti in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State on 13 December 2024, after closing it on 22 October 2024.

Though the Chinese have reopened the border crossing they are only allowing a limited number of goods to enter Myanmar following thorough inspections, according to a resident of Myitkyina City, the Kachin State capital.

He said: “Not everyone is allowed to cross. The Chinese authorities are conducting inspections and allowing only a limited number of small vehicles through the border trading post [into Myanmar]. It is not as busy as it used to be yet.”

Since goods stopped coming through the Kan Paik Ti border crossing on 22 October, commodity prices have soared throughout Kachin State.

During 2024 nearly all of the fuel consumed in Kachin State and many food products were imported through the Kan Paik Ti crossing.

Petrol prices in Myitkyina remain high at about 15,000 MMK a litre. Prior to the border closing, a litre of petrol cost about 6,000 MMK.

Though the border has opened with restrictions at Kan Paik Ti commodity prices in Kachin State have not yet significantly dropped.

The aforementioned Myitkyina resident said: "Incidents of commodity prices falling after soaring are rare. If the negotiations in China proceed smoothly, there may be hope for prices to decline.”

The negotiations he was referring to are ongoing talks between the Kachin Independence Organisation/ Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA) Chairman N'Ban La and the Chinese that have been taking place in China since 8 December. As yet neither side has released details of what has been discussed during the talks.

A  KIA and people's defence force (PDF) coalition seized control of Kan Paik Ti Town on 20 November. It was the final border crossing with China in Kachin State to be captured by the KIA who now control all the border crossings in the state. Previously Kan Paik Ti Town was held by the junta-aligned Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF).