Transportation industry continues to pick up
Freight volume and other indicators have recovered about 90%
Beijing, May 4 (Reporter Liu Zhiqiang): The reporter learned from the recent press conference of the Ministry of Transport: Since March, the main indicators of transportation have continued to rise, and signs of industry recovery have continued to appear.
Specifically, the freight volume, investment and other indicators have recovered about 90%. In March, the nationwide commercial freight volume reached 3.26 billion tons, returning to 87% in the same period last year, an increase of 16.9 percentage points from February; port cargo throughput completed 1.08 billion tons, returning to 97.8% in the same period last year, an increase from February 6.6 percentage points. In terms of investment, the investment in fixed assets of transportation in March was 202.6 billion yuan, returning to 93.3% in the same period last year, an increase of 53.3 percentage points from February.
In March, some transportation indicators increased compared with the same period of last year: the traffic volume of expressway network was 920 million, an increase of 10.1%; the total freight volume of civil aviation cargo aircraft was 253,000 tons, an increase of 28.4%; the volume of express delivery business was 5.98 billion, an increase of 23 %. At the same time, business passenger transport has gradually come out of the trough. The nationwide commercial passenger traffic volume reached 390 million, an increase of 106.9% from February.