People's Daily Online, Beijing, February 22 (Xu Xinyi) On the 22nd, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on ensuring the supply and circulation of daily necessities in the market. At the meeting, Wu Chungeng, director of the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Transport, said that the railway and civil aviation transportation networks were operating normally, the express delivery industry was steadily restored, China Post, SF Express, and JD.com had basically resumed work, and the rest of the major express delivery companies had an overall return rate of 66.7% .
Wu Chungeng said that in terms of passenger transportation and logistics, the number of railway loadings continued to increase for the fourth consecutive week in February, and the number of ships entering and leaving ports also showed signs of picking up. The volume of express delivery services increased 1.1 times from last week. Since the end of the Spring Festival on February 18, the traffic volume of expressways across the country has also shown an upward trend, and these days have maintained a growth rate of about 10%. On the 21st, the national highway traffic volume reached 15.1957 million vehicle trips. Although it was down 47.54% compared with the same period last year, it was up 11.78% from the previous day. This reflects the welcome changes in the resumption of work and production.
In terms of traffic engineering construction projects, as of February 17, except 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in the northwest and northeast, which have severe epidemics and northwest and northeast due to climatic reasons The resumption rate of key projects of highways and waterways with a total investment of over 1 billion yuan has reached 15%. The resumption rate of railway projects under construction has reached 36%, and the resumption rate of civil aviation projects under construction has reached 15%. It is expected that a large-scale resumption of work will be achieved by the end of February and early March.
In terms of production and operation of enterprises, although the transportation industry, especially transportation companies, was severely affected during the epidemic, surveys of 11,854 highway and water transportation companies have been conducted. The survey data shows that 3,550 companies have resumed work, with a return rate of approximately 30. %, And the average return rate is nearly 50%. Among them, the return rate of road transportation enterprises is 28%, and the rate of staff on duty is 44%; the return rate of water transportation enterprises is 41%, and the rate of personnel on duty is 68%; the return rate of port enterprises is higher, about 65%, and major port enterprises operate normal. The railway and civil aviation transportation networks are operating normally, and the express delivery industry is steadily recovering. China Post, SF Express, and JD.com have basically resumed work. The rest of the major express delivery companies have also resumed work at a rate of 66.7%.
Wu Chungeng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Transport will continue to adopt strict epidemic prevention and control measures, implement a strict post-resumption and post-responsibility system, and effectively be the "advanced officer" for resuming and resuming production, so as to ensure that both epidemic prevention and resumption are correct.