Author: Yao Yaqi, reporter of this newspaper
Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Yao Yaqi) Sun Wenjian, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, said at a regular press conference in October held on 26 October that the transportation economy continued to recover steadily in the first three quarters, and the positive momentum in the third quarter was obvious, the cross-regional personnel flow exceeded the level of the same period before the epidemic, the freight volume and port cargo throughput maintained rapid growth, and the scale of transportation fixed asset investment was close to 26 trillion yuan, maintaining a high level. In order to promote the effective improvement of the quality of the economy and the reasonable growth of quantity, it provides a solid and powerful transportation service and guarantee.
Freight volume has achieved rapid growth. In the first three quarters, the operating freight volume was 403.1 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, of which the third quarter increased by 7.6%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared with the first half of the year. In terms of methods, the railway freight volume in the first three quarters was 37.4 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.3%; highways completed 297.4 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%; waterways completed 68.3 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%; Civil aviation completed 522.12 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.<>%.
The growth rate of port cargo throughput remained at a high level. In the first three quarters, the port cargo throughput was 125.4 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, of which the third quarter increased by 9.5%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points compared with the first half of the year. The container throughput reached 2 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, of which the third quarter increased by 2.5%, and the growth rate was 9 percentage point faster than that in the first half of the year.
The flow of people has increased substantially, and the three modes of transportation of railways, waterways and civil aviation have all increased by more than 100%. In the first three quarters, 456.6 billion cross-regional personnel flows were completed, a year-on-year increase of 31%, of which an increase of 30.5% in the third quarter. In terms of methods, the railway passenger volume in the first three quarters reached 29.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 112.4%; The number of highway personnel turnover reached 420.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 26.8%; The number of waterway passengers reached 2 million, a year-on-year increase of 120.9%; The passenger volume of civil aviation reached 4 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.126%.
The scale of investment in fixed assets in transportation remained high. In the first three quarters, the investment in fixed assets in transportation was 28775,5.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5089.7%, of which the scale in the third quarter was basically the same as that of the same period last year. In terms of methods, the railway completed an investment of 1.21447 billion yuan in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%; highways completed 1441,28.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 798.<>%; waterways completed <>.<> billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of <>.<>%; Civil aviation completed investment of <>.<> billion yuan, basically unchanged from the same period last year.
Guang Ming Daily (October 2023, 10, version 27)