Investment in fixed assets of overall smooth transportation increased by 4.8%.

On July 23, Sun Wenjian, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport and deputy director of the Policy Research Department, said at a regular press conference that in the first half of this year, the transportation work was generally stable and progressive, with a total investment of 1369.8 billion yuan in railways, highways, waterways and civil aviation, an increase of 48% over the same period last year. In the first half of the year, the whole society completed 8.75 billion business passenger traffic, down 1.8% from the same period last year; completed 24.58 billion tons of business freight traffic, up 5.9% from the same period last year, including 27.8 billion express traffic, up 26% from the same period last year; rebuilt 135,000 kilometers of rural highways, and completed 67.7% of the annual target task of 200,000 kilometers. Sun Wenjian said that the Ministry of Transport had earnestly implemented the general requirements of the eight-character policy of "consolidation, enhancement, promotion and unimpeded" and made great efforts to promote the structural reform of the supply side of transport, which had achieved 62% of the annual target.

In the aspect of "consolidation", efforts should be made to reduce costs and make up for shortcomings. This year, the Ministry of Transport has arranged 20 tasks, with an average progress of 61%. Among them, the reduction of logistics costs and related costs is about 63.368 billion yuan, 52.4% of the annual target.

In terms of "strengthening", we should strive to promote a better environment and strong services. The average progress of 18 projects is 66%. Among them, 24 badly needed departmental regulations have been revised, 7 administrative licensing items have been cancelled and 3 administrative licensing items decentralized. Port operating fee items have been simplified from 45 items to 15 items.

In terms of "promotion", we should focus on promoting innovation and increasing momentum. The average progress of 11 projects is 62%. The Outline of Digital Transportation Development Planning has been issued to promote the development of advanced technologies such as automatic driving and intelligent shipping. The application of new generation of artificial intelligence and big data technologies in the field of transportation has been accelerated.

In the aspect of "unblocked", efforts should be made to promote efficiency and integration. The average progress of the nine projects is 58%. The integration of transportation and information technology has been promoted, and new services have increased significantly. Investment of highway and waterway in poverty-stricken areas is 404.7 billion yuan. "Since this year, investment of highway and waterway in poverty-stricken areas has reached 404.7 billion yuan, of which investment of highway completion is 399.7 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7% over the same period last year." Sun Wenjian introduced that the passing bus rates of qualified townships and villages reached 99.43% and 98.68% respectively, and the progress of implementing the special patrol and rectification task of the Central Committee for poverty alleviation and fortification exceeded 71%.

In order to fight against pollution and speed up the restructuring of transport industry, all provinces have put forward implementation plans; implemented six major actions, such as "multi-modal transport speed-up", to promote medium and long-distance bulk materials "public transit rail, public transit water". Railway freight volume increased by 100 million tons over the same period of last year, and container rail-water intermodal transport volume increased by the same amount. The increase was 17.5%.

In preventing and resolving major risks, the Ministry of Transport has made an in-depth analysis of 10 major risks that the research industry may face, formulated a work programme and deployed 16 thematic surveys. In the first half of this year, the Ministry of Transport and Transport made great efforts to take the lead in the implementation of the major strategy of serving the country, and a number of major projects were accelerated.

Sun Wenjian introduced, "one belt and one road" interconnection and interconnection, Sino Russian Heihe Heilongjiang bridge closure, the Sino Ni friendship bridge completed reconstruction and resumed traffic, the Great Mekong Subregion international road transport started successfully. With regard to the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and the construction of Xiongan New Area, the Beijing-Zhangzhou High-speed Rail Line runs through the whole line, the Beijing Daxing International Airport has completed its flight test, and the supporting expressways have been opened synchronously. In the construction of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, more than 2400 sets of port power facilities and more than 3300 berths have been built, 1361 illegal wharfs along the Yangtze River have been renovated in an all-round way, and the second phase of the Yangtze River deepwater waterway project under Nanjing has been completed and accepted. With regard to the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District, Nansha Bridge has been officially opened to traffic, and the Shenzhen-Medium Passage has entered a critical stage of construction. In addition, the Ministry of Transport has accelerated the integration of transportation in the Yangtze River Delta and increased its support for the coordinated development of the "four major sectors".