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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — China's transport sector posted steady growth in July 2025, with both freight and passenger traffic increasing and fixed asset investment in the sector remaining strong, data from the Ministry of Transport showed Wednesday.
Last month, the volume of freight traffic in the country amounted to 4.97 billion tons, which is 3.4 percent more than a year earlier, while the growth rate of this indicator was 0.5 percentage points higher than in June, the official representative of the above-mentioned department Li Ying said at a press conference.
In particular, during the reporting period, the volume of freight transportation by rail increased by 4.5 percent year-on-year, by road transport by 3.3 percent, by waterways by 3.4 percent, and by civil aviation by 15.3 percent.
Port capacity across the country also grew at a faster pace. China's port cargo throughput reached 1.54 billion tons in July, up 6.9 percent year-on-year, and up 2.2 percentage points month-on-month.
The volume of interregional passenger traffic continued to grow, reflecting the growing demand for travel. In July, the country recorded a total of 5.71 billion interregional passenger trips, up 2.2 percent compared to July 2024, and an increase of 0.7 percentage points compared to June this year.
The data also showed that fixed asset investment in the country's transportation sector remained strong in July, at 306.1 billion yuan (about $43.05 billion). Of this, 77.1 billion yuan was invested in the railway sector, while 200.5 billion yuan, 17.3 billion yuan and 11.2 billion yuan were invested in the road transport, waterway and civil aviation sectors, respectively.
“Overall, the transport sector maintained a steady growth momentum in July,” Li Ying said. -0-
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