In the first two months of this year, China's transportation investment in fixed assets increased by 71.7% year-on-year

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 25 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The reporter learned from a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Transport of China in Beijing on the 25th that from January to February this year, China’s fixed asset investment in China’s communications reached 303.2 billion yuan (RMB). , The same below), an increase of 71.7% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 11.6% over the same period in 2019.

Among them, the completed investment in highways and waterways was 237.9 billion yuan, an increase of 93.9% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 16.6% over the same period in 2019.

　　The Ministry of Transport disclosed that from January to February this year, the volume of completed commercial passenger traffic dropped 15.0% from the same period in 2020 and 58.7% from the same period in 2019, mainly due to the rebound of the epidemic in some areas and local Chinese New Year.

However, the completed public transportation passenger volume of 36 central cities across the country increased by 50.4% compared with the same period in 2020, and decreased by 25.4% compared with the same period in 2019.

　　In addition, from January to February this year, the commercial freight volume was 6.76 billion tons, an increase of 48.3% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 15.8% over the same period in 2019.

　　It is worth mentioning that from January to February this year, the port cargo throughput was 2.30 billion tons, an increase of 20.3% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 13.3% over the same period in 2019.

Completed container throughput of 42.36 million TEUs, an increase of 22.0% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 9.2% over the same period in 2019.

　　Sun Wenjian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport, said that from January to February this year, the main indicators of transportation showed significant growth in investment, freight volume, and port cargo throughput compared with the same period last year.

At the same time, due to the superposition of factors such as low base numbers and local Chinese New Year, commercial passenger traffic has dropped significantly.

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