China News Service, July 23. The Ministry of Transport held a press conference on the 23rd. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport Sun Wenjian introduced that since the second quarter, efforts have been made to coordinate the normalization of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. Effective, the industry economy continued to recover. In the first half of the year, the passenger traffic volume recovered to 45.2% of the same period last year. In June, the commercial passenger traffic within the city and the inter-city commercial passenger traffic recovered to 68.8% and 56.3% of the same period last year.

　　Sun Wenjian introduced that since the second quarter, the industry economy has continued to recover, mainly showing three characteristics: First, rapid investment recovery: transportation investment basically made up the gap caused by the epidemic, and completed investment of 1.45 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year.

　　The second is the continuous positive growth of freight volume: freight volume and port cargo throughput have steadily rebounded, achieving monthly positive growth for five or six months in a row; the number of China-Europe express trains and express business volume have grown against the trend, with growth rates exceeding 25 % And 20%.

　　The third is the recovery of passenger traffic: in the first half of the year, the scale recovered to 45.2% of the same period last year. In June, the commercial passenger traffic within the city and the inter-city commercial passenger traffic recovered to 68.8% and 56.3% of the same period last year.

　　Regarding the key tasks in the second half of the year, Sun Wenjian introduced:

　　The first is to make overall plans for normalized epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development of transportation, strengthen epidemic prevention and control in key areas, and further implement measures to effectively help industries and enterprises alleviate difficulties.

　　The second is to conscientiously implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and resolutely win the three tough battles, so that the building of a well-off society in all respects will be recognized by the people and can stand the test of history.

　　The third is to coordinate the development of various modes of transportation, coordinate the role of the government and the market, and international and domestic resources, accelerate the promotion of related work in the international logistics supply chain system, and ensure the smooth flow of the international logistics supply chain.

　　The fourth is to accelerate the introduction of the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline (2021-2050)", steadily advance pilot projects, advance major projects, and accelerate the construction of a transportation power.

　　Fifth, it is necessary to firmly grasp the general tone of the work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, further expand investment in fixed assets in transportation, and maximize the important role of transportation investment in serving the "six stability" and "six guarantees".

　　Sixth, we must continue to promote 58 key tasks of supply-side structural reform.

　　Seventh, we must continue to strengthen strategic planning to strengthen transportation support for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, and the Yellow River Basin to ensure the implementation of major national strategies.

　　Eighth, it is necessary to accelerate the legislative process in key areas such as the Urban Public Transport Regulations, plan to promote a number of major reform measures, and promote the modernization of the industry governance system and governance capabilities.

　　Ninth is to make persistent efforts, earnestly do a good job in the follow-up of the cancellation of expressway toll stations at provincial boundaries, deepen the reform of the toll road system, and promote the high-quality development of transportation.