Ministry of Transport: By 2025, the national high-speed rail mileage will exceed 50,000 kilometers, and the commercial freight volume will reach 587 billion tons.

On June 22, the Ministry of Transport released the Statistical Bulletin on the Development of the Transportation Industry in 2025. In 2025, the national fixed asset investment in transportation completed 3.6709 trillion yuan. The railway, rail transit, and other fields maintained structural expansion, with strong growth in freight and express delivery demand, and outstanding performance in international routes and international freight. By the end of the year, the national railway operating mileage reached 165,000 kilometers, with high-speed rail operating mileage of 50,000 kilometers; the road mileage was 5,578.9 million kilometers, with 199.4 million kilometers of expressways; the navigable mileage of inland waterways was 128.7 kilometers; there were 270 civil transport airports; 341 urban rail transit operating routes, with an operating mileage of 11,651 kilometers. Infrastructure: 1. Railway - At the end of the year, the national railway operating mileage was 165,000 kilometers, with 3,109 kilometers of new lines put into operation, including 5,000 kilometers of high-speed rail operating mileage. - The double-track rate of railways was 61.4%, and the electrification rate was 76.8%. 2. Road - At the end of the year, the national road mileage was 5.5789 million kilometers, with an increase of 88,500 kilometers from the previous year. - The national road bridge had 41.41 million kilometers, an increase of 12.81 million kilometers from the previous year. 3. Waterway - Inland waterway navigable mileage was 128,700 kilometers, which was basically the same as the previous year. 4. Civil Aviation - By the end of the year, there were 270 civil aviation transport airports, an increase of 7 from the previous year. 5. Postal - By the end of the year, there were a total of 514,700 postal industry enterprises in the country, an increase of 14,100 from the previous year. 6. Urban Passenger Transport - At the end of the year, there were 80,200 urban public bus and trolleybus operating routes, an increase of 179 from the previous year. Transport Equipment: 1. Railway - At the end of the year, there were 22,700 railway locomotives, an increase of 2,000 from the previous year. 2. Road - At the end of the year, there were 1.22588 million road operating vehicles in the country. 3. Waterway - At the end of the year, there were 100,100 water transport vessels in the country, a decrease of 10,100 from the previous year. 4. Civil Aviation - At the end of the year, there were 4,574 registered transport aircraft in the country, an increase of 180 from the previous year. 5. Urban Passenger Transport - At the end of the year, there were 630,100 public bus and trolleybus in the country, a decrease of 27.9 thousand from the previous year. Transport Services: - The total operational freight volume in the country for the year was 587 billion tons. - The total cross-regional passenger flow volume for the year was 668.57 billion person-times. Transport Fixed Asset Investment: - The total transportation fixed asset investment for the year was 3.6709 trillion yuan, a decrease of 3.1% from the previous year. Safety Production: - The national railways did not have any particularly serious accidents for the year. Technology Innovation: - The railway industry's "Bridge Transportation and Installation Machine" patent won the 25th China Patent Gold Award. - The annual global airline transport cargo volume was 1,017.21 million tons, a 13.3% increase from the previous year.