China News Service, Beijing, November 11 (Reporter Liu Wenwen) According to the latest data from China's Ministry of Transport, in October, China's railway, waterway, and civil aviation passenger traffic increased sharply year-on-year. Among them, civil aviation passenger traffic increased by 23% year-on-year.
Sun Wenjian, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport of China, said at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Transport on the 23rd that the overall economic operation of transportation in October was stable, the freight volume and port cargo throughput maintained rapid growth, and the travel volume continued to resume growth.
In terms of freight, in October, the operating cargo volume was 10.48 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.11%. In terms of modes, railway freight volume increased by 7.4% year-on-year, road freight volume increased by 6.12% year-on-year, waterway freight volume increased by 7.11% year-on-year, and civil aviation freight volume increased by 1.37% year-on-year.
In terms of port cargo throughput, in October, the port cargo throughput was 10.14 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%. In terms of structure, the throughput of domestic and foreign trade increased by 1.7% and 7% year-on-year respectively. The container throughput was 9.2632 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%.
In terms of personnel travel, in October, 10.53 billion cross-regional personnel flows were completed, a year-on-year increase of 4.50%. In terms of methods, railway passenger traffic increased by 2.194% year-on-year; waterway passenger traffic increased by 1.117% year-on-year; Civil aviation passenger traffic increased by 3% year-on-year; Road traffic increased by 252% year-on-year.
In terms of investment, in October, the investment in fixed assets of transportation was 10.3541 billion yuan (RMB, the same below). From January to October, the investment in fixed assets in transportation exceeded 1 trillion yuan, reaching 10,3.32316 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%, of which the fixed asset investment in highways and waterways was 25685,4.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of <>.<>%. Sun Wenjian pointed out that this has laid a solid foundation for ensuring the completion of the annual investment target and provided strong service support for promoting the overall improvement of economic operation. (ENDS)