China News Service, September 27. The Ministry of Transport website announced on the 27th the economic performance of transportation in August.
In August, the number of commercial passenger traffic was 550 million, a year-on-year decrease of 44.1%, a decrease of 37.5 percentage points from July, and a two-year average of 41.0%.
In August, due to the multi-point spread of the epidemic and the high base, the operation of indicators such as transportation investment and freight volume slowed down slightly, and passenger traffic continued to decline; as the impact of short-term factors such as extreme weather subsided, port throughput increased Restored.
Compared with the same period in 2019, with the exception of passenger transport, the main indicators of transportation continued to grow.
Transportation fixed asset investment
In August, 304.9 billion yuan of investment in fixed assets in transportation was completed, a decrease of 7.6% year-on-year, and an average increase of 3.9% in two years, a slowdown from July.
From January to August, the investment in fixed assets in transportation was 2,193.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, and an average increase of 6.8% in two years.
Among them, the completed highway investment was 1.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%; the completed water transport investment was 91.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.4%.
Figure 1 Changes in the amount of fixed-asset investment in transportation in recent years
Commercial passenger traffic
In August, the number of commercial passenger traffic was 550 million, a year-on-year decrease of 44.1%, a decrease of 37.5 percentage points from July, and a two-year average of 41.0%.
Among them, 360 million people completed commercial passenger traffic on highways, a year-on-year decrease of 45.9%; and 10.12 million people completed waterway passenger traffic, a decrease of 43.8% year-on-year.
From January to August, the commercial passenger volume was 5.78 billion people, a decrease of 0.9% year-on-year, and an average drop of 30.2% over the two years.
Among them, the commercial passenger traffic of highways was 3.52 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 17.0%; the passenger traffic of waterways was 120 million, a year-on-year increase of 33.1%.
Figure 2 Changes in the year-on-year growth rate of operating passenger traffic in each month in the past two years
Passenger volume of urban public transport
In August, 36 central cities completed public transportation passenger traffic of 4.0 billion people, a year-on-year decrease of 5.9%, and a two-year average decrease of 15.9%.
In terms of different methods, the passenger traffic of buses, trams, rail transit, cruise taxis and ferry were 1.72 billion, 1.70 billion, 570 million and 2.52 million, respectively, representing a year-on-year decrease of 8.5%, 1.7%, 9.0% and 32.8%. .
From January to August, 36 central cities completed 35.25 billion public transport passengers, an increase of 39.3% year-on-year, and an average drop of 10.9% over the two years.
In terms of different methods, passenger traffic of buses, trams, rail transit, cruise taxis and ferry were 15.26 billion people, 15.12 billion people, 4.83 billion people and 30.58 million people, representing a year-on-year increase of 28.0%, 58.6%, 26.7% and 44.0% respectively. .
Figure 3 Changes in the year-on-year growth rate of public transport passenger traffic in central cities in each month in the past two years
Operating freight volume
In August, the completed commercial freight volume was 4.53 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, and the growth rate slowed by 2.6 percentage points from July, with an average growth rate of 5.0% over the two years.
Among them, the completed road freight volume was 3.44 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%; the completed waterway freight volume was 7.0 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%.
From January to August, 33.73 billion tons of commercial freight was completed, a year-on-year increase of 19.2%, and an average increase of 6.6% over the two years.
Among them, the completed road freight volume was 25.32 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%; the completed waterway freight volume was 5.31 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%.
Figure 4 Changes in the year-on-year growth rate of monthly freight volume in the past two years
Port cargo throughput
In August, ports across the country completed a cargo throughput of 1.35 billion tons, an increase of 4.9% year-on-year, an increase of 3.9 percentage points higher than that in July, and an average increase of 6.1% in two years.
Among them, domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 6.2% and 2.0% respectively year-on-year.
Completed container throughput of 24.78 million TEUs, an increase of 3.0% year-on-year, and an average increase of 4.7% in two years.
From January to August, the national ports completed a cargo throughput of 10.26 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, and an average increase of 6.2% in the two years.
Among them, domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 12.3% and 6.3% respectively year-on-year.
Completed container throughput of 190 million TEUs, an increase of 11.1% year-on-year, and an average growth of 4.1% in two years.
Figure 5 Changes in the year-on-year growth rate of port cargo throughput in each month in the past two years