on august 24, the ministry of transport released data on the transportation industry in july at a press conference. the cargo throughput of ports maintained growth, and the scale of transportation investment was running at a high level.
according to the data, in july, my country completed investment in transportation fixed assets of 348.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%.
shipping. in july, the national operating freight volume reached 4.74 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, 2.8 percentage points faster than that in june.
in july, the national port cargo throughput reached 1.43 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%, of which domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 5.8% and 8.5% year-on-year respectively. the container throughput was 27.05 million teus, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%.
passenger transport. in july, my country's commercial passenger traffic was 910 million, a year-on-year increase of 47%. the city passenger traffic volume across the country was 8.21 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%. the number of small passenger cars with 9 seats or less on expressways reached 2.07 billion, a year-on-year increase of 20.2%.
