Deputy Minister of Transport Li Yang: The volume of commercial freight transportation in the first 8 months increased by 3.8% year-on-year.

On September 28, Li Yang, Deputy Minister of Transport, stated at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that the commercial cargo volume completed from January to August was 380.6 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%. Among them, the year-on-year growth of railway, road, waterway, and civil aviation cargo volume was 2.6%, 3.9%, 3.8%, and 14.5% respectively. The volume of express delivery business completed was 1.282 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%.