China, the fourth largest country in terms of area in the world, has been quick to develop state-of-the-art mobility infrastructure. Its vast network of roads allows for the transportation of billions of tons of cargo each year. In 2023, the volume of road freight traffic in China amounted to 7,395 billion ton-kilometers.
Road travel in China
Since its peak in 2012, the number of passengers of public road transport in China has dropped drastically, with numbers falling to as low as 3.55 billion in 2022. The volume of public road passenger traffic turnover in that year fell to less than 241 billion passenger-kilometers, the lowest on record, mostly due to the COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted inter-and intra-city travel.
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Ministry of Transport of China. (June 18, 2024). Volume of road freight traffic in China from 2008 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/275915/volume-of-road-freight-traffic-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China. "Volume of road freight traffic in China from 2008 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers)." Chart. June 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/275915/volume-of-road-freight-traffic-in-china/
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Volume of road freight traffic in China from 2008 to 2023 (in billion ton-kilometers) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, June 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/275915/volume-of-road-freight-traffic-in-china/