Chinanews, February 26, 26, Sun Wenjian, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport, reported on the economic performance of transportation in January 2021.

He introduced that in January, 670 million commercial passengers were completed, a year-on-year decrease of 47.3% and a decrease of 52.6% from January 2019.

Data map: Passengers line up to check in the waiting hall.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Bing

　　The Ministry of Transport held a regular press conference on the 26th.

Sun Wenjian pointed out that compared with the same period last year, the main indicators of transportation in January this year showed rapid growth in investment, freight volume, and port cargo throughput. At the same time, it was superimposed by factors such as epidemic prevention and control and on-site Chinese New Year. Passenger traffic has dropped significantly.

Compared with January 2019, major indicators such as investment and freight volume have maintained double-digit growth of more than 10%. It can be said that transportation has achieved a good start for the new year.

The specific situation is:

　　First, investment in fixed assets in transportation increased by 42.1%.

In January, 191.2 billion yuan of investment in fixed assets in transportation was completed, a year-on-year increase of 42.1% and an increase of 13.8% over January 2019.

Among them, the completed investment in highways and waterways was 143.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 52.3%, and an increase of 11.8% from January 2019.

　　Second, the volume of commercial freight increased by 38%.

In January, the commercial freight volume was 4.15 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 38.0% and an 11.1% increase from January 2019.

The freight volume has maintained positive growth for 9 consecutive months from May last year to January this year.

　　Third, the port cargo throughput increased by 17.4%.

In January, the port cargo throughput was 1.29 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.4% and an increase of 13.4% over January 2019.

The container throughput completed 23.77 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%.

An increase of 7.3% over January 2019, the port's cargo throughput has achieved positive growth for 10 consecutive months from April last year to January this year.

　　Fourth, commercial passenger traffic has dropped significantly.

In January, 670 million commercial passenger traffic was completed, a year-on-year decrease of 47.3% and a decrease of 52.6% from January 2019.

The 36 central cities across the country completed 4.11 billion passenger trips on public transportation, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%.

　　Sun Wenjian also notified the situation of online car-hailing and maritime search and rescue.

details as follows:

　　In the online car-hailing market, online car-hailing driver licenses increased by 21.3% in January.

As of the end of January this year, a total of 218 online car-hailing platform companies across the country have obtained online car-hailing platform operating licenses, and a total of 3.086 million online car-hailing driver licenses and 1.161 million vehicle transportation certificates have been issued.

Compared with the data at the end of October last year, online car-hailing platform operating permits, online car-hailing driver certificates, and vehicle transportation permits increased by 5.3%, 21.3%, and 9.6% respectively.

It is important to note that among online ride-hailing platforms with orders exceeding 1 million orders, Huaxiaozhu Travel has the lowest double-compliance order completion rate, which is 16.1%.

　　In terms of maritime search and rescue, my country successfully rescued more than 1,200 people in distress at sea in January.

In January 2021, maritime search and rescue centers at all levels across the country received a total of 343 distress alarms. After verification, the actual distress was 174, 1282 people in distress were searched and rescued, 1244 people were successfully rescued, and the search and rescue success rate was 97%; 174. Coordinated search and rescue operations; coordinated the dispatch of 955 search and rescue ships and 33 aircraft sorties; search and rescue of 142 ships in distress, of which 118 ships were rescued.