Since the beginning of this year, the transportation industry has conscientiously implemented the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to “stabilize growth, promote reforms, adjust the structure, and benefit people’s livelihoods”, with emphasis on reform efforts, active structural adjustment, gradual release of market potential, and transportation economy. The overall operation was stable.

Passenger transportation grows steadily, and the speed of comfortable and efficient travel increases rapidly

In the first half of the year, the entire society completed 10.97 billion passengers, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year (1.7% and 3.3% in the first and second quarters respectively), of which railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation passengers increased by 9.7%, 1.5%, and 10.5% respectively. And 10.7%. The choice of comfortable and efficient travel modes has become more apparent for passengers. From January to May, the number of high-speed rail and passenger trains increased by 31.0% and 33.3% year-on-year, and the number of passenger cars with 7 or fewer minibuses in highways in some provinces increased by 25.4%. The passenger volume of urban rail transit increased by 11.1%.

The growth rate of freight transportation gradually picked up, and the express delivery business continued to grow rapidly.

In the first half of the year, the total volume of freight handled by the whole society was 20.12 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%, and the first and second quarters increased by 7.4% and 7.7% respectively. Since April, there have been positive changes in railways and highways: the decline in the volume of rail cargo shipments has narrowed, from -4.1% in March to -1.5% in June; the growth rate of road freight has continued to rise, from 6.6% in March to 11.1% in June. The number of express delivery services completed was 5.9 billion, an increase of 53.7% year-on-year, and the express delivery service revenue was 89.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 42.5%.

The growth rate of domestic trade throughput in ports has slowed down and foreign trade has maintained rapid growth

In the first half of the year, cargo throughputs at ports above designated size achieved 5.49 billion tons of cargo throughput, up 5.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was down 4.9 percentage points from the same period of last year. Among them, the domestic trade throughput increased by 3.9%, which dropped by 7.0 percentage points; the foreign trade throughput increased by 8.0%, and the growth rate was basically the same as that of the same period of last year, which was basically in line with the current actual growth of foreign trade.

From the perspective of key cargoes, coal: From January to May, the import throughput of coal fell by 1.7% year-on-year (up 24.2% in the same period of last year); the coal discharge from northern ports increased by 8.4%, which was significantly faster than the 0.6% growth in the same period of last year. Crude Oil: Imported crude oil increased by 9.6% from January to May, which was 5.9 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. Iron ore: Imported iron ore from January to May increased by 17.0% year-on-year, 11.6 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. As of June 27, the stockpiles of iron ore in major ports totaled 11.219 million tons, an increase of 37.02 million tons from the same period of last year. Containers: During the first half of the year, container throughput was 96.7 million TEU, which was a year-on-year increase of 5.7%, and the growth rate was down 2.6 percentage points from the same period of last year. From January to May, container throughput on international routes increased by 5.6% year-on-year, an acceleration of 3.8 percentage points from the same period of last year, of which from April to May increased by 6.1%, which was 0.9 percentage points faster than the first quarter.

The scale of investment in fixed assets for transportation remains high and the investment structure is further optimized

In the first half of the year, the investment in fixed assets of highway waterways reached 656.3 billion yuan, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate was basically the same as that of the same period of last year. Among them, the investment in highway construction reached 587.2 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9%, maintaining a rapid growth level. The investment in water transport construction completed 63.5 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.8%, of which the investment in the navigation channels of inland rivers and coastal ports decreased by 9.6% and 4.8% respectively. The negative growth of inland water investment was mainly due to the reduction in the number of major construction projects and the shortage of newly opened projects.

The level of equalization of basic public services continued to increase. Ordinary highway construction maintained a good momentum of development. Common provincial highways and rural roads increased by 20.5% and 20.7% respectively year-on-year. Traffic investment further tilted toward the western region, and the total investment in roads in the western region was 281.9 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6%, which was significantly faster than that in the eastern and central regions.

Overall safety production situation is stable

In the first half of the year, there were a total of 113.5 traffic accidents involving transport ships and 101 deaths and deaths, a decrease of 19.2% and 25.7% year-on-year respectively. Co-organizing and coordinating 923 search and rescue operations on the sea (water), and the search and rescue success rate of personnel was 96.7%. The number of road accidents that occurred in road transport was 93 or more, and it was similar to the same period of last year, with 436 deaths and a 4.2% drop. In the area of ​​transportation engineering construction, there were 24 safety accidents and 48 deaths, which was a year-on-year increase of 2 and 20 respectively.