China's passenger trips, cargo transport up in first 2 months

BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- China's passenger trips and cargo transport logged growth in the first two months of this year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed Friday.

During the January-February period, road trips increased 10.3 percent to 10.87 billion, while waterway trips gained 18.5 percent to 38.61 million, the data showed.

Chinese cities recorded 16.54 billion passenger trips in the first two months, marking a year-on-year increase of 22.6 percent.

Of the four modes of urban transport, public buses registered 6.02 billion trips, up 23.9 percent year on year during the same period, and urban rail transport saw 4.71 billion trips, up 29.5 percent.

Meanwhile, taxis recorded 5.8 billion trips, up 16.3 percent year on year, while passenger ferry services saw 12.04 million trips, up 15 percent, according to the data.

In the period, road cargo transport went up 7.8 percent year on year to 5.45 billion tonnes, while cargo throughput at China's ports increased by 8.1 percent to 2.61 billion tonnes.