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China's Transport Sector Logs 2% Growth in January-April

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China recorded 23.21 billion cross-regional passenger trips from January to April, up 2.1% from last year, state media reported Wednesday.

Road passenger traffic rose 1.7%, while waterway trips climbed 7.4%.

Commercial cargo handling went up 3.6% to 18.2 billion tonnes. Port cargo throughput rose 3.1% to 5.9 billion tonnes, with container throughput rising 7.2% to 120 million twenty-foot equivalent units.

Fixed-asset investment in the transport sector exceeded 894.4 billion yuan during the period.

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