China News Service, July 28 (Zhongxin Finance and Economics Ge Cheng) At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Transport held on July 28, Shu Chi, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport and deputy director of the Policy Research Office, said that in the first half of the year, The main indicators of transportation have gradually recovered after experiencing short-term fluctuations in April, the freight volume has basically recovered to the level of the same period last year, the foreign trade container throughput of the port has maintained growth, and the transportation investment and express business volume have generally returned to the normal development track.
First, the cargo volume gradually recovered.
In the first half of the year, the completed commercial freight volume was 24.27 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.2%, of which the decline narrowed further in June and basically returned to the level of the same period last year.
In terms of different methods, the road freight volume continued to recover, reaching 17.7 billion tons, down 4.6% year-on-year; waterway completed 4.1 billion tons, up 4.5% year-on-year.
The second is the low level of passenger traffic.
Affected by the impact of the new round of epidemic, in the first half of the year, 2.76 billion passengers were completed for business, a year-on-year decrease of 37.2%.
The 36 central cities across the country completed 20.67 billion passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 22.1%.
The number of passenger car trips on expressways reached 8.47 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 23.2%.
Third, the port container throughput kept growing.
In the first half of the year, the container throughput reached 140 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 3%; among which the foreign trade container throughput exceeded 85 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.
The completed port cargo throughput was 7.58 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%. Among them, domestic trade throughput increased by 0.5%, and foreign trade throughput decreased by 3.7%, mainly due to the decrease in imports of coal, crude oil, iron ore and other bulk materials.
Fourth, investment continued to maintain a high level.
In the first half of the year, the investment in transportation fixed assets exceeded 1.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%.
Among them, the investment in highways was 1,270.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%; the investment in waterways was 73.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%.
The Ministry of Transport said that in the next step, it will pay close attention to the work of transport services to stabilize the economy, and strive to complete the goals and tasks of this year.
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