| Quality of Transportation Routes | |||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
| Length of Railways in Operation (km) | 48618 | 53378 | 54616 | 57584 | 57923 | 58656 | 59079 |
| Length of Double-track Railways (km) | 7630 | 13024 | 16909 | 19673 | 20925 | 21408 | 22640 |
| Proportion (%) | 15.7 | 24.4 | 31 | 34.2 | 36.1 | 36.5 | 38.3 |
| Length of Automatic Blocking Railways (km) | 5981 | 10370 | 12910 | 21042 | 17969.4 | 18317.8 | 18844.7 |
| Proportion (%) | 12.3 | 19.4 | 23.6 | 36.5 | 31.0 | 31.2 | 31.9 |
| Length of Highways (km) | 890236 | 1028348 | 1157009 | 1278474 | 1351691 | 1402698 | 1698012 |
| Paved Highways (km) | 651068 | 883464 | 1043390 | 1190086 | 1268393 | 1216013 | 1336044 |
| Proportion (%) | 73.1 | 85.9 | 90.2 | 93.1 | 93.8 | 86.7 | 78.7 |
| Length of Navigable Inland Waterways (km) | 135952 | 109192 | 110562 | 110263 | 116504 | 119325 | 121535 |
| Length of Waterways of Depth of
1 Meter and Over (km) |
57408 | 60358 | 64323 | 66682 | 61367 | 63692 | |
| Proportion (%) | 42.2 | 55.4 | 58.2 | 60.5 | 51.4 | 52.4 | |