Poster: China sees over 50 billion cross-regional passenger trips in first three quarters

China reported 50.6 billion cross-regional passenger trips in the first nine months of 2025, up 3.1% year on year, the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.

During this period, the country handled 43.25 billion tonnes of commercial freight, an increase of 3.89 percent from a year earlier. Port throughput reached 13.57 billion tonnes -- up 4.6 percent year on year.

Fixed-asset investment in the country's transport sector, meanwhile, totaled 2.6 trillion yuan (about 367 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of 2025.