Zhongxin Finance, April 26th. On the 26th, the Ministry of Transport held a regular press conference in April, at which economic data related to transportation in the first quarter of my country was announced.
Data show that in the first quarter, the number of passenger car trips on expressways was 4.63 billion, a year-on-year decrease of about 13.4%.
Wang Songbo, deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport, said that in the first quarter, the overall economic operation of transportation achieved a smooth start, providing important transportation support for stabilizing the economic market and maintaining economic operation within a reasonable range.
In terms of passenger transport, affected by the epidemic, it operates at a low level.
In the first quarter, 1.54 billion commercial passenger trips were completed, a year-on-year decrease of 22.5%.
36 central cities across the country completed 10.91 billion passenger trips, a year-on-year decrease of 10.7%.
In terms of freight, the data is generally stable, and the cumulative growth is maintained.
In the first quarter, the completed commercial freight volume was 11.29 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%, and the growth rate was basically the same as that in the fourth quarter of last year.
Among them, 8.15 billion tons were completed by road, a year-on-year increase of 0.4%; 1.93 billion tons were completed by waterway, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.
In terms of ports, the trend of domestic and foreign trade is obviously different.
In the first quarter, the cargo throughput of the port was 3.63 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%.
Among them, domestic trade throughput increased by 4.6% year-on-year; foreign trade throughput decreased by 4.7% year-on-year, mainly due to the decrease in imports of coal, crude oil, iron ore and other bulk materials.
In terms of transportation fixed assets, investment continued to run at a high level.
In the first quarter, 636 billion yuan was invested in transportation fixed assets, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%, and the growth rate was 1 percentage point higher than that in the fourth quarter of last year, effectively supporting the steady growth of the macro economy.
Among them, the investment in highways was 481 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%; the investment in waterways was 31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%.
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