The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) is a high-level dialogue in the Greater-Mekong Sub-region (GMS) which supports national and regional efforts in prevention and prosecution of trafficking in persons as well as assistance for and protection of victims. The proposed project will contribute to strengthening transnational referrals in China’s border areas through updating and operationalizing two COMMIT tools: i) Victim Identification and Referral Mechanisms: Common Guidelines for the Greater Mekong Sub-region; and ii) COMMIT Common Indicators for First Responders. The project will first undertake a revision and update of the COMMIT guidelines and indicators to ensure they are fit-for-purpose within China’s context, followed by capacity building for law enforcement officials and state service providers in utilizing the adapted tools, with a view to streamlining referrals. The updated set of indicators for the identification of victims of trafficking will be particularly gender-sensitive and innovative and will be shared with the COMMIT focal points working on the development of the newly approved initiative ‘Transitional Referral Mechanism’ (TRM) to further inform the drafting process. Law enforcement officials and service providers in border areas will be trained using a new training curriculum developed based on the common guidelines. The project will collect lessons learned from this pilot initiative and further discuss and explore the potential for scaling up across the region.