Transportation Development Report First Released

Recently, the Ministry of Transport first issued the "Report on the Development of Highway Water Transportation in China."

The "Development Report" covers the time span of 1978 to 2012 and comprehensively introduces the development history and development achievements of China's highway and waterway transportation, and supports the development of economy and trade, improves the life of urban and rural residents, provides security and social security, and promotes the construction of ecological civilization. Outstanding contributions in four areas.

According to Liang Xiaoan, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, at present, China has established a relatively complete highway water transport system. The expressway covers more than 90% of the medium-sized cities in the country. The common arterial highway basically achieves the connection and coverage of administrative districts at or above the county level. Rural highways reach almost all townships and established villages. The total mileage of highways, port throughput capacity, inland navigation mileage, road and passenger and freight volume completed by the whole society, waterway freight and turnover, and other indicators rank first in the world.

As of the end of 2012, China's total length of roads reached 4.24 million kilometers, highway mileage reached 96,000 kilometers, inland navigation channels reached 125,000 kilometers, and 32,000 production berths in coastal and inland ports; the country has a road operation car 1340 10,000 vehicles and 179,000 ships were transported by water. In 2012, the amount of road passenger traffic and passenger turnover was completed nationwide. The volume of road freight and cargo turnover were 23.8, 35.4, 21, and 170 times that of 1978; the freight volume of seaways and freight turnover were 9.7 in 1978, respectively. Times, 21.5 times; the port completed a cargo throughput of 10.78 billion tons, which was 38.5 times that of 1978.