China News Service, October 28. Wu Chungeng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and Director of the Policy Research Office, said on the 28th that in terms of civil aviation, passenger traffic on domestic routes in the third quarter has recovered to 98%.
On June 9, China Southern Airlines flight CZ3139 flew from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport.
The picture shows China Southern Airlines flight CZ3139 is ready for departure.
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On the afternoon of the 28th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the economic performance of transportation in the first three quarters of 2020.
A reporter asked: In the first three quarters of this year, the transportation economy generally showed a trend of "declining first, then rising, tending to normal". Can you tell us about the outstanding characteristics of the transportation economy in the first three quarters?
Wu Chungeng responded that in the first three quarters of this year, traffic and transportation showed a trend of “decreasing first and then rising, tending to normal”. In terms of employment, it played an important role as a pioneer.
Specifically, the economic operation of the first three quarters of this year's transportation showed the following characteristics:
First, transportation investment has played an important "stabilizer" role.
Despite the impact of the epidemic, fixed-asset investment in transportation in the first three quarters of this year has always maintained a high level of operation.
In the first three quarters, the investment in fixed assets in transportation was 2.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%.
This growth rate was achieved under the influence of the epidemic and was hard-won.
At the same time, this growth rate is the highest level in the same period in the past three years.
The growth rate in the first three quarters of 2018 was 1.4%, and the growth rate in the first three quarters of 2019 was 2.2%.
Among the completed investment of 2.51 trillion yuan, about 1.88 trillion yuan was invested in highways and waterways, accounting for 1.8 trillion yuan in the annual target, 104.7% was completed, and the annual target was completed three months in advance.
The investment in high-level operation has played an important supporting role for the “six stability” work and the implementation of the “six guarantee” task.
Second, the freight volume of the whole society has been increasing for 5 consecutive months.
In the first three quarters, the total freight volume of the whole society has declined, which is a 3.3% decrease compared with the same period last year, but this proportion is already very small.
From the perspective of monthly changes, the freight volume has turned from negative to positive in May, and has maintained a positive growth momentum for the past five months.
In the third quarter, the growth rate of freight volume reached 4.4%, gradually improving and basically returning to the normal growth level.
The third is to achieve rapid growth in some areas.
There were three bright spots in the transportation sector in the first three quarters, and the three sectors showed rapid growth.
In the postal express industry, 56.14 billion pieces of business were completed in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 27.9%; a total of 8,756 China-Europe trains were opened, a year-on-year increase of 46%, which was a relatively rapid increase; the combined transport of iron and water in containers reached 5.025 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase 28.4%.
It can be said that postal express and China-Europe Express have become typical cases of turning crises into opportunities, bucking the trend, and accelerating development in the process of epidemic prevention and control.
Fourth, passenger traffic in high-speed rail, civil aviation and other fields is showing a rapid recovery trend.
In terms of civil aviation, passenger traffic on domestic routes has recovered to 98% in the third quarter. During the National Day, it has been felt that it is not easy to buy tickets.
In terms of railways, at the end of the third quarter, the passenger volume of EMUs returned to about 80%.
There is a saying that "traffic is a barometer of economic operation." Judging from the indicators of the first three quarters, the indicators of transportation development are good and the operation situation is stable.
To some extent, the traffic front has become a beautiful landscape in economic operations.
The good traffic development indicators and stable operation situation in the first three quarters have not only verified the sound operation situation of my country's macro economy, but also strengthened the confidence in achieving the annual goal and ensuring the stable economic development.