According to the data released by the Ministry of Transport on April 20, in the first quarter, my country's road transportation volume, national port throughput, waterway transportation volume, completed investment in fixed assets of road and waterway transportation, and national urban passenger traffic volume, etc. The main statistical indicators achieved positive growth.
In the first quarter, my country's highway and waterway transportation fixed asset investment was 588.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.0%.
In terms of road transport volume, in the first quarter, the national road passenger volume was 978.65 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%; road freight volume was 8,572.14 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.
In the first quarter, the national port container throughput was 69.73 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%; cargo throughput was 3.85421 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%.
In terms of waterway transport volume, in the first quarter, the national waterway passenger volume was 51.18 million person-times, a year-on-year increase of 93.3%; waterway freight volume was 2,038.88 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%.
In terms of national urban passenger traffic, in the first quarter, the passenger traffic of urban rail transit was 6.17845 billion person-times, a year-on-year increase of 24.7%; passenger ferry passenger traffic was 17.01 million person-times, a year-on-year increase of 79.7%.