It was learned from the Ministry of Transport on July 31 that in the first half of the year, my country's transportation fixed asset investment completed 1.83 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%. The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance have allocated a total of 304.94 billion yuan of central vehicle purchase tax funds to support the construction of local roads and waterways, driving the accelerated construction of transportation projects, and strengthening the focus on key projects such as major transportation projects, provincial bottleneck sections of national highways, and supporting roads for the Sichuan-Tibet Railway. Project tracking guidance and supervision and coordination to ensure the smooth implementation of the project.
In the first half of the year, the cargo throughput of my country's ports reached 8.19 billion tons, an increase of 8% year-on-year. Among them, domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 7.6% and 8.9% respectively year-on-year; container throughput completed 150 million TEUs, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year.