[Transportation fixed-asset investment reached 1.2 trillion yuan in the first five months]

Published: Jul 4, 2025 14:38
Recently, reporters learned from the Ministry of Transport that in May, major indicators such as freight volume and port cargo throughput continued to grow. Driven by travel during the Labour Day holiday and the Dragon Boat Festival, the volume of people movement increased rapidly, and the overall scale of transport investment remained stable. Commercial freight volume increased steadily. From January to May, 23.08 billion mt of commercial freight volume was completed, up 4.1% YoY. Among this, 16.92 billion mt of highway freight volume was completed, up 4.3% YoY; 4.04 billion mt of waterway freight volume was completed, up 4.5% YoY. Port cargo throughput maintained growth. From January to May, 7.34 billion mt of port cargo throughput was completed, up 3.8% YoY. Among this, domestic and foreign trade throughput increased by 4.7% and 1.8% YoY, respectively. 140 million TEUs of container throughput were completed, up 7.4% YoY. In May alone, 1.6 billion mt of port cargo throughput was completed, up 4.4% YoY.

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