According to the website of the Ministry of Transport, in April, the main indicators of transport continued to pick up momentum, freight volume and port cargo throughput maintained double-digit growth, public travel continued to recover, and fixed assets investment in transport was running at a high level.
1. Commercial freight volume
In April, the commercial freight volume was 4.66 billion tons, an increase of 14.6% over the same period last year. Among them, the completed highway freight volume was 3.47 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 17.4%; the completed waterway freight volume was 780 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 12.4%.
From January to April, the commercial freight volume was 16.53 billion tons, an increase of 7.5% over the same period last year. Among them, the completed highway freight volume was 12.04 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 8.4%; the completed waterway freight volume was 2.82 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.
Figure 1 Changes in
the monthly year-on-year growth rate of operating freight volume II. 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 continued to grow substantially in April, and the cumulative growth rate has maintained double-digit growth since this year. In terms of
commercial passenger traffic, 780 million passengers were transported in April, an increase of 141.1% over the same period last year. Among them, the number of highway passengers was 380 million, with a year-on-year increase of 49.7%; the number of waterway passengers was 21.76 million, with a year-on-year increase of 403.7%. From January to April, 2.73 billion commercial passengers were transported, up 46.3% year on year. Among them, 1.36 billion passengers were transported by highway, up 11.2% year on year; 72.94 million passengers were transported by waterway, up 136.9% year on year. In terms of
urban passenger traffic, 8.24 billion passengers were transported nationwide in April, an increase of 47.9% over the same period last year. Bus and tram, urban rail transit, cruise taxi and ferry increased by 35.4%, 95.0%, 30.3% and 254.7% respectively. From January to April, 29.14 billion passengers were transported in cities across the country, with a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, of which the passenger volume of urban rail transit, cruise taxis and ferries increased by 39.3%, 3.5% and 109.1% respectively; the passenger volume of buses and trams was basically the same as that of the same period last year.
3. Port cargo throughput
In April, the national port cargo throughput reached 1.42 billion tons, an increase of 11.8% over the same period last year, of which domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 13.0% and 8.9% respectively. The container throughput was 25.69 million TEUs, up 8.6% year on year.
From January to April, China's ports completed 5.28 billion tons of cargo throughput, an increase of 7.6% over the same period last year, of which domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 7.4% and 8.1% respectively. The container throughput was 95.43 million TEUs, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year.
Figure 3 Changes in
the monthly year-on-year growth rate of port cargo throughput IV. Investment
in fixed assets of transportation In April, the investment in fixed assets of transportation was 315 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6% over the same period last year. Among them, the completed highway investment is 237.5 billion yuan, an increase of 15.6% over the same period last year; the completed water transport investment is 15.7 billion yuan, an increase of 29.4% over the same period last year.
From January to April, the investment in transportation fixed assets was 1.0 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.4% over the same period last year. Among them, 786.1 billion yuan was invested in highways, an increase of 14.5% over the previous year, and 56 billion yuan was invested in water transportation, an increase of 29.8% over the previous year.
Figure 4 Changes in
the cumulative year-on-year growth rate of fixed assets investment in transportation (the above comprehensive statistics are from the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport)
Note: 1. Highway passenger traffic volume only includes the traditional chartered bus passenger traffic volume, excluding the inter-city urban and rural bus passenger traffic volume.
2. Since January 2023, the statistical scope of urban passenger traffic has been expanded from 36 central cities to the whole country, and the year-on-year growth rate is comparable.
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