Chinanews client, Beijing, July 29th (Reporter Zhang Xu) On the 29th, Sun Wenjian, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport, said at a press conference that in the first half of this year, the transportation economy is accelerating to return to the pre-epidemic operating situation. Main indicators The operation tends to be stable, stable while strengthening, and stable while improving.

　　In the first half of the year, the number of commercial passenger traffic was 4.40 billion, an increase of 11.1% over the same period in 2020; the passenger traffic of public transportation in 36 central cities across the country was 26.52 billion, an increase of 56.5% over the same period in 2020.

On July 21, the G9365 from Luohexi to Wuhan, which was added by Wuhan Railway, departed from Luohexi Station.

Photo by Liu Pingxun

　　Sun Wenjian said: "The scale of transportation investment continues to operate at a high level, freight volume and port cargo throughput have maintained rapid growth, passenger volume has continued to recover, and passenger transport structure has been further accelerated. The proportion of railway and civil aviation passenger volume has continued to increase. The passenger traffic volume has returned to the level before the epidemic."

　　In terms of specific performance:

　　First, the scale of transportation investment is operating at a high level, and the growth rate is gradually returning to normal.

In the first half of the year, 1.5 trillion yuan of fixed asset investment in transportation was completed, an increase of 8.3% over the same period in 2020.

Among them, the completed investment in highways and waterways was 1.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.3% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 22.2% over the same period in 2019.

　　The second is the gradual recovery of passenger transportation and the accelerated optimization of structure.

The decline in commercial passenger traffic is further narrowing.

In the first half of the year, the commercial passenger traffic volume was 4.40 billion, an increase of 11.1% over the same period in 2020, but it was still 49.8% lower than the same period in 2019.

In the first half of the year, the number of public transport passengers in 36 central cities across the country was 26.52 billion, an increase of 56.5% over the same period in 2020 and a decrease of 19.4% over the same period in 2019.

　　The third is that freight transport maintains a relatively rapid growth, and the growth stability is relatively strong.

In the first half of the year, the completed commercial freight volume was 24.75 billion tons, an increase of 24.6% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 14.9% over the same period in 2019, which basically coincided with the trend of macroeconomic indicators such as industrial value added and electricity consumption.

　　Fourth, port production continued to be in good shape, with a growth rate higher than that before the epidemic.

In the first half of the year, the port cargo throughput was 7.64 billion tons, an increase of 13.2% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 13.9% over the same period in 2019.

Completed a container throughput of 140 million TEUs, an increase of 15.0% over the same period in 2020 and an increase of 8.8% over the same period in 2019.

　　At the meeting, Sun Wenjian also reported the national maritime search and rescue statistics in June. In June, the national maritime search and rescue centers at all levels organized and coordinated 124 search and rescue operations, coordinated the dispatch of 448 search and rescue vessels and 10 aircraft sorties; searched and rescued 88 vessels in distress, and successfully searched and rescued 623 people in distress. (Finish)