China's Ministry of Transport reports key transport indicators show stable growth from January to August - Chinese media

At a press conference held on the 28th, the Ministry of Transport stated, "The economic operations of the transportation industry have been generally stable so far this year."
Commercial freight volume increased steadily. Commercial freight volume from January to August increased 3.8% year-on-year.
The total increased by 38.06 billion tons, of which rail transport increased by 2.6%, road transport by 3.9%, waterway transport by 3.8%, and civil aviation by 14.5%.
Port cargo handling volume showed relatively high growth. Cargo handling volume from January to August increased 4.4% to 12.03 billion tons.
Domestic cargo handling volume increased by 5.2% and international cargo handling volume increased by 2.7%. Container handling volume also increased by 6.3% to 230 million TEU, of which domestic volume accounted for 3.
The number of people traveling between regions increased steadily. The number of people who traveled between regions in January and August increased 3.6% year-on-year to a total of 45.55 billion yen.
By means of transportation, railways increased by 6.7%, civil aviation by 5.3%, and roads by 3.4%. In addition, the scale of investment in fixed assets related to transportation remained at a high level. 1
- Investment in fixed assets for transportation in August amounted to 2.26 trillion former (approximately 47.1 trillion yen). Railways accounted for 504.1 billion former (approximately 10.5 trillion yen), roads for 1.5412 trillion former (approximately 32.1 trillion yen).
billion yen), waterways 143.3 billion former (approximately 3 trillion yen), and civil aviation 70.7 billion former (approximately 1.5 trillion yen).