Basic Conditions of Transport
Item 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Length of Transport Routes
(10000 km)
         
  Railways in Operation 6.87 7.01 7.19 7.30 7.42
    National Electrified Railways 1.49 1.69 1.74 1.81  
  Highways 140.27 169.80 176.52 180.98 187.07
    Expressways 1.63 1.94 2.51 2.97 3.43
  Navigable Inland Waterways 11.93 12.15 12.16 12.40 12.33
  Total Civil Aviation Routes 150.29 155.36 163.77 174.95 204.94
    International Routes 50.84 51.69 57.45 71.53 89.40
  Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 2.47 2.76 2.98 3.26 3.80
Total Passenger Traffic
(10000 persons)
1478573 1534122 1608150 1587497 1767453
  Railways 105073 105155 105606 97260 111764
    National Railways 101847 101680 101741 93634  
    Local Railways 519 558 516 412  
    Joint-venture Railways 2707 2917 3349 3214  
  Highways 1347392 1402798 1475257 1464335 1624526
  Waterways 19386 18645 18693 17142 19040
  Civil Aviation 6722 7524 8594 8759 12123
Total Passenger-Kilometers
(100 million passenger-km)
12261.0 13155.1 14125.7 13810.5 16309
  Railways 4532.6 4766.8 4969.4 4788.6 5712.0
    National Railways 4414.7 4636.6 4803.1 4622.8  
    Local Railways 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.0  
    Joint-venture Railways 113.3 125.1 161.1 161.8  
  Highways 6657.4 7207.1 7805.8 7695.6 8748.0
  Waterways 100.5 89.9 81.8 63.1 66.0
  Civil Aviation 970.5 1091.4 1268.7 1263.2 1782.0
Total Freight Traffic
(10000 tons)
1358124 1401177 1482737 1561422 1706226
  Railways 178023 192580 204246 221178 249017
    National Railways 165498 178592 186894 199814  
    Local Railways 8369 9542 11241 13064  
    Joint-venture Railways 4156 4446 6111 8300  
  Highways 1038813 1056312 1116324 1159957 1244990
  Waterways 122391 132675 141832 158070 187394
  Civil Aviation 196.7 171.0 202.1 219.0 276.7
  Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 18700 19439 20133 21997 24548
Total Freight Ton-Kilometers
(100 million ton-km)
44212 47591 50543 53859 69442
  Railways 13663 14575 15516 17247 19289
    National Railways 13336 14250 15078 16476  
    Local Railways 44 55 63 69  
    Joint-venture Railways 283 270 375 702  
  Highways 6129 6330 6782 7099 7841
  Waterways 23734 25989 27511 28716 41429
  Civil Aviation 50.3 43.7 51.6 57.9 71.80
  Petroleum and Gas Pipelines 636 653 683 739 812
Number of Civil Motor Vehicles
Owned (10000 units)
1608.91 1802.04 2053.17 2382.93 2820.54
  Number of Buses and Cars 853.73 993.96 1202.37 1478.81 1734.67
  Number of Trucks 716.32 765.24 812.22 853.51 890.05
  Number of Vehicles for Transportation 702.82 764.39 826.34 924.64  
  Number of Privately Owned
Motor Vehicles
625.33 770.78 968.98 1219.23 1597.33
Number of Other Motor Vehicles
(10000 units)
4168.06 4724.05 6174.09 7108.90  
Number of Civil Transport
Vessels (unit)
    202977 204270 210700
  Motor Vessels 185018 169329 165936 163813 166854
  Barges 44658 41457 37041 40457 43846
  Number of Privately Owned
Transport Vessels (unit)
    115108 114297 115503
    Motor Vessels 128654 111633 105697 97837  
    Barges 13463 10088 9411 16460  
Volume of Freight Handled in
Major Coastal Ports
(10000 tons)
125603 142634 166628 201126 246074
a) The statistical coverage of number of working transport vehicles extended to transport vehicles of all walks of life
(including working or non-working) since 2000.