Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese residents made 64.59 billion interregional trips in 2024, up 5.4 percent year on year, according to the 2024 Transportation Development Statistics Report released by the Ministry of Transport on Thursday.
According to the report, 4.31 billion trips were made on the country’s railways, 59.29 billion on roads, 260 million on waterways and 730 million on air transport, respectively, during the year.
Total commercial freight volume in 2024 was 56.88 billion tons. During the year, 193.68 billion parcels were delivered by mail, of which just over 175 billion were handled by express delivery services.
By the end of 2024, the total length of railways in operation in China reached 162,000 km, including 48,000 km of high-speed railways. In addition, the country has 5.49 million km of highways, including 190,700 high-speed roads, 128,700 km of inland waterways, and 263 civil aviation airports.
The data in the report also showed that in 2024, the volume of investment in fixed assets in the transport sector was nearly 3.8 trillion yuan (approximately 529 billion US dollars), including 850.6 billion yuan in rail transport and 2.58 trillion yuan in road transport. -0-