Ministry of Transport: The investment in fixed assets of transportation in the first quarter was 720.5 billion yuan, up 13.3% over the same period last year.

According to the Ministry of Transport, in the first quarter, the economic operation of transportation stabilized and rebounded, the overall good start was achieved, the freight volume continued to improve, the port cargo throughput maintained a steady growth, the public travel recovered significantly, and the investment in fixed assets of transportation was running at a high level.

1. Commercial freight volume

In the first quarter, the commercial freight volume was 11.87 billion tons, an increase of 5.0% over the same period last year. Among them, the completed highway freight volume was 8.57 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; the completed waterway freight volume was 2.04 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 5.4%.

2. In terms of public travel

and private car travel, monitoring data show that the number of passenger cars with 9 seats or less on expressways increased significantly in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. In terms of

commercial passenger traffic, 1.95 billion passengers were transported in the first quarter, up 26.3% year on year. Among them, the highway passenger transport volume was 980 million, with a year-on-year increase of 1.0%; the waterway passenger transport volume was 51.18 million, with a year-on-year increase of 93.3%. In terms of

urban passenger traffic volume, the first quarter of the country completed 20.90 billion urban passenger traffic volume, the scale is basically the same as the same period last year. From the perspective of different modes, the passenger volume of urban rail transit and ferry was 6.18 billion and 17.01 million respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 24.7% and 79.7% respectively; the passenger volume of bus and trolley bus and cruise taxi was 8.92 billion and 5.79 billion respectively, with a year-on-year decrease of 11.7% and 3.4% respectively.

3. Port cargo throughput

In the first quarter, the national port cargo throughput reached 3.85 billion tons, an increase of 6.2% over the same period last year, of which domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 5.4% and 7.8% respectively. The container throughput was 69.73 million TEUs, up 3.5% year on year.

4. Investment

in fixed assets of transportation In the first quarter, the investment in fixed assets of transportation was 720.5 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3% over the same period last year. Among them, 548.6 billion yuan was invested in highways, an increase of 14.1% over the previous year, and 40.3 billion yuan was invested in water transportation, an increase of 29.9% over the previous year.