Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transportation, revealed on the 28th that last year, transportation completed fixed assets investment of about 3.2 trillion yuan, of which railways completed investment of about 800 billion yuan, road and water transport completed fixed assets investment of 2.3 trillion yuan, civil aviation completed investment 80 billion yuan.
On the 28th, the State Council held a press conference and asked the Minister of Transportation Li Xiaopeng and Vice Minister Liu Xiaoming to introduce the structural reforms on the supply side and promote the high-quality development of transportation, and answered questions from reporters.
At the meeting, Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transportation, said that the work of the Ministry of Transport in 2018 has made new progress.
First of all, in terms of infrastructure supplements, last year, transportation completed fixed assets investment of about 3.2 trillion yuan, of which railways completed investment of about 800 billion yuan, road and water transport completed fixed assets investment of 2.3 trillion yuan, civil aviation completed investment About 80 billion yuan. More than 2,600 kilometers of high-speed railways have been newly built and put into operation, and more than 5,000 kilometers of newly-built highways have been put into operation.
Second, logistics costs are further reduced. The Ministry of Transport has taken a series of measures that can quantify these measures by about 98.1 billion yuan in logistics costs last year.
Third, the transportation structure has been adjusted. More large-scale long-distance cargo has turned to rail transport, and the volume of rail transport increased by about 350 million tons last year.
Fourth, the capacity and level of transportation services are accelerating. Last year, the number of passengers operated nationwide was 17.9 billion, the volume of cargo was 50.6 billion tons, and the volume of express delivery was 50.7 billion.
Fifth, optimize the business environment to achieve new results. Last year, a total of five administrative examination and approval licenses were cancelled, and another 20 administrative licenses can be reported online and online.
Sixth, the new kinetic energy of transportation has been continuously enhanced. Net-cars and shared bicycles have been standardized. In terms of daily usage, the number of vehicles in the network has reached 20 million, and the number of shared bicycles is about 10 million.