China Passenger and Freight Transport
Monthly China transport disaggregated by rail, road, waterway and aviation: passenger transport volume, freight transport volume (along with throughput at major seaports), and turnover volume — meaning volume multiplied by distance.
| Indicator | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 03-2026 | 02-2026 | 01-2026 | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | 02-2025 | 01-2025 | 12-2024 | 11-2024 | 10-2024 | 09-2024 | 08-2024 | 07-2024 | 06-2024 | 05-2024 | 04-2024 | 03-2024 | 02-2024 | 01-2024 | 12-2023 | 11-2023 | 10-2023 | 09-2023 | 08-2023 | 07-2023 | |
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| Passenger traffic — total trips | 1,489,530 | 1,402,300 | 1,470,080 | 1,467,710 | 1,404,840 | 1,395,050 | 1,359,010 | 1,370,390 | 1,477,200 | 1,354,830 | 1,567,350 | 1,504,700 | 1,401,480 | 1,480,680 | 1,434,120 | 1,380,450 | 1,354,400 | 1,362,060 | 1,474,200 | 1,395,390 | 1,584,090 | 1,518,840 | 1,426,000 | 1,456,000 | 1,433,440 | 1,360,310 | 739,650 | 745,000 | 851,820 | 797,300 | 944,740 | 909,930 | ||||||
| Passenger traffic — rail | 452,420 | 379,200 | 413,990 | 421,740 | 376,240 | 407,710 | 322,830 | 331,420 | 410,470 | 340,840 | 504,990 | 455,060 | 373,300 | 406,370 | 381,660 | 336,970 | 297,470 | 304,230 | 372,690 | 341,660 | 473,950 | 426,700 | 360,000 | 361,000 | 360,150 | 321,200 | 289,860 | 280,000 | 351,690 | 324,990 | 428,600 | 409,190 | ||||||
| Passenger traffic — road | 938,830 | 947,440 | 971,370 | 961,130 | 943,430 | 893,040 | 960,960 | 960,980 | 975,000 | 934,290 | 949,720 | 949,890 | 948,290 | 984,910 | 969,850 | 966,470 | 986,570 | 985,110 | 1,012,710 | 976,430 | 1,000,650 | 995,650 | 987,000 | 1,011,000 | 994,900 | 963,970 | 386,400 | 400,000 | 418,880 | 399,800 | 416,250 | 407,980 | ||||||
| Passenger traffic — water | 23,660 | 18,390 | 25,580 | 23,640 | 18,540 | 25,990 | 14,630 | 17,830 | 23,900 | 17,040 | 37,280 | 27,920 | 18,680 | 25,740 | 21,690 | 17,560 | 13,380 | 16,290 | 24,700 | 17,380 | 36,570 | 27,360 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 22,440 | 17,710 | 12,800 | 17,000 | 25,200 | 19,020 | 35,930 | 30,340 | ||||||
| Passenger traffic — air | 74,630 | 57,270 | 59,130 | 61,200 | 66,630 | 68,300 | 62,992 | 60,600 | 60,170 | 67,830 | 62,670 | 75,360 | 71,820 | 61,220 | 63,670 | 60,930 | 59,450 | 61,517 | 64,896 | 56,980 | 56,430 | 64,090 | 59,920 | 72,930 | 69,140 | 59,000 | 59,000 | 55,950 | 57,430 | 62,480 | 57,318 | 50,590 | 49,000 | 56,050 | 53,490 | 63,960 | 62,430 | |
| Freight volume — total | 4,899,080 | 4,954,550 | 4,948,690 | 4,975,870 | 4,888,350 | 3,369,290 | 5,158,150 | 5,255,770 | 5,035,490 | 5,195,140 | 5,055,260 | 4,970,350 | 4,948,270 | 4,991,360 | 5,032,790 | 5,030,140 | 5,139,690 | 5,087,340 | 5,016,430 | 4,958,020 | 4,880,610 | 4,806,710 | 4,811,000 | 4,901,000 | 4,823,660 | 4,790,030 | 4,727,140 | 4,881,000 | 4,826,790 | 4,845,330 | 4,797,720 | 4,741,930 | ||||||
| Freight volume — rail | 430,470 | 435,760 | 459,320 | 446,170 | 460,360 | 382,410 | 447,330 | 460,260 | 457,970 | 445,110 | 456,980 | 451,620 | 437,600 | 439,750 | 427,690 | 445,260 | 459,290 | 454,960 | 455,370 | 427,010 | 432,850 | 432,290 | 428,000 | 437,000 | 407,590 | 435,020 | 435,580 | 428,000 | 436,560 | 413,080 | 410,670 | 414,890 | ||||||
| Freight volume — road | 3,760,090 | 3,775,440 | 3,759,910 | 3,808,050 | 3,730,620 | 2,380,640 | 3,797,090 | 3,875,640 | 3,705,990 | 3,890,990 | 3,748,480 | 3,699,060 | 3,651,460 | 3,680,930 | 3,745,750 | 3,727,760 | 3,773,550 | 3,742,110 | 3,703,130 | 3,698,760 | 3,608,400 | 3,581,530 | 3,550,000 | 3,620,000 | 3,596,590 | 3,552,600 | 3,433,580 | 3,608,000 | 3,552,080 | 3,623,920 | 3,574,910 | 3,536,810 | ||||||
| Freight volume — water | 707,660 | 742,460 | 728,590 | 720,790 | 696,520 | 605,500 | 912,800 | 918,950 | 870,610 | 858,160 | 848,930 | 818,810 | 858,330 | 869,830 | 858,550 | 856,310 | 906,000 | 889,430 | 857,120 | 831,450 | 838,590 | 792,140 | 833,000 | 844,000 | 818,800 | 801,710 | 857,230 | 845,000 | 837,480 | 807,630 | 811,510 | 789,640 | ||||||
| Freight volume — air | 864.49 | 888.27 | 878 | 854 | 851 | 740 | 928.75 | 930.21 | 917.23 | 879.19 | 865.01 | 866.85 | 885.01 | 857.13 | 799.24 | 816.51 | 845.87 | 838.65 | 808.99 | 799.9 | 763.52 | 751.75 | 747.2 | 734.8 | 684.37 | 708.26 | 743.68 | 719.2 | 674.71 | 702.21 | 636.42 | 601.05 | ||||||
| Cargo handled by major seaports | 1,485,410 | 1,565,620 | 1,573,860 | 1,542,090 | 1,524,370 | 1,281,660 | 1,588,650 | 1,614,520 | 1,568,370 | 1,540,300 | 1,585,450 | 1,537,290 | 1,558,560 | 1,589,930 | 1,533,410 | 1,546,900 | 1,553,710 | 1,534,930 | 1,534,860 | 1,456,740 | 1,514,520 | 1,437,070 | 1,488,000 | 1,523,000 | 1,462,490 | 1,474,520 | 1,462,070 | 1,480,000 | 1,490,690 | 1,438,240 | 1,484,860 | 1,428,340 | ||||||
| Freight Turnover volume — total | 2,260.07 | 2,271.52 | 2,257.88 | 2,205.16 | 2,265.52 | 1,826.35 | 2,432.51 | 2,493.82 | 2,298.39 | 2,282.6 | 2,283.68 | 2,209.74 | 2,210.15 | 2,241.22 | 2,191.87 | 2,246.31 | 2,371.83 | 2,287.22 | 2,233.8 | 2,184.88 | 2,164.82 | 2,147.83 | 2,090.61 | 2,145.81 | 2,078.05 | 2,132.27 | 2,172.04 | 2,104.05 | 2,098.79 | 2,059.86 | 2,079.72 | 2,015.76 | ||||||
| Freight Turnover volume — rail | 316.18 | 321.45 | 336.38 | 320.77 | 334.27 | 265.66 | 320.35 | 339.12 | 328.25 | 310.82 | 316.7 | 304.22 | 294.28 | 308.06 | 301.87 | 312.62 | 325.9 | 324.52 | 319.45 | 292.3 | 291.19 | 285.72 | 294.44 | 301.37 | 278.59 | 303.95 | 315.57 | 316.99 | 318.97 | 299.66 | 298.11 | 298.29 | ||||||
| Freight Turnover volume — road | 690.63 | 701.39 | 690.73 | 703.15 | 692.64 | 446.02 | 690.56 | 712.07 | 689.11 | 716.86 | 685.8 | 674.28 | 678.22 | 674.6 | 688.62 | 685.94 | 685.19 | 685.06 | 684.85 | 679.64 | 660.53 | 652.03 | 656.73 | 662.76 | 669.67 | 655.75 | 619.41 | 656.37 | 658.88 | 672.46 | 652.58 | 637.14 | ||||||
| Freight Turnover volume — water | 1,249.48 | 1,244.86 | 1,226.95 | 1,177.53 | 1,234.88 | 1,111.45 | 1,417.78 | 1,438.77 | 1,277.31 | 1,251.47 | 1,277.66 | 1,227.69 | 1,234.16 | 1,255.09 | 1,198.11 | 1,244.35 | 1,357.51 | 1,274.33 | 1,226.31 | 1,209.85 | 1,210.04 | 1,207.02 | 1,136.49 | 1,178.79 | 1,127.07 | 1,169.77 | 1,234.16 | 1,127.94 | 1,118.3 | 1,085.16 | 1,126.57 | 1,077.97 | ||||||
| Freight Turnover volume — civil aviation | 3.78 | 3.83 | 3.81 | 3.7 | 3.73 | 3.22 | 3.58 | 3.83 | 3.86 | 3.72 | 3.44 | 3.52 | 3.55 | 3.51 | 3.47 | 3.28 | 3.41 | 2.59 | 3.14 | 3.23 | 3.31 | 3.19 | 3.1 | 3.07 | 3.06 | 2.94 | 2.9 | 2.72 | 2.8 | 2.23 | 2.83 | 2.9 | 2.75 | 2.64 | 2.58 | 2.46 | 2.36 | |
| Passenger Turnover volume — total | 349.04 | 280.08 | 294.99 | 300.01 | 296.16 | 334.34 | 254.63 | 257.52 | 309.62 | 281.29 | 372.46 | 352.74 | 283.2 | 296.02 | 284.16 | 261.27 | 240.57 | 241.32 | 288.87 | 274.03 | 362.18 | 336.61 | 274.29 | 274.54 | 269.91 | 254.72 | 213.8 | 209.96 | 254.71 | 247.97 | 316.58 | 311.92 | ||||||
| Passenger Turnover volume — rail | 165.66 | 128.94 | 140.39 | 142.67 | 130.58 | 167.04 | 101.56 | 105.03 | 142.08 | 123.44 | 190.79 | 177.07 | 129.67 | 137.35 | 130.68 | 112.13 | 95.85 | 98.14 | 130.35 | 122.95 | 187.17 | 167.5 | 126.87 | 127.62 | 128.37 | 113.62 | 95.85 | 95.76 | 126.79 | 124.62 | 175.36 | 172.98 | ||||||
| Passenger Turnover volume — road | 44.24 | 43.3 | 44.34 | 43.65 | 41.6 | 39.15 | 40.1 | 42.15 | 43.99 | 42.27 | 44.28 | 44.11 | 43.4 | 44.47 | 43.9 | 42.16 | 40.67 | 42.52 | 45.06 | 43.16 | 45.13 | 45.12 | 43.36 | 44.51 | 43.21 | 40.74 | 28.76 | 30.62 | 32.7 | 31.37 | 33.05 | 33.01 | ||||||
| Passenger Turnover volume — air | 138.61 | 107.43 | 109.73 | 113.19 | 123.59 | 127.62 | 118.31 | 112.68 | 109.94 | 123 | 115.14 | 136.55 | 130.92 | 109.71 | 113.65 | 109.12 | 106.63 | 111.21 | 119.39 | 103.79 | 100.32 | 112.94 | 107.53 | 129.07 | 123.41 | 103.64 | 101.91 | 97.86 | 99.98 | 109.91 | 101.06 | 88.91 | 83.22 | 94.69 | 91.55 | 107.42 | 105.27 |
Latest reading
Passenger traffic — total trips stood at 1,489,530 Thousand arrivals in Jul 2026. That is +6.2% from Jun 2026 and −1.0% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1989 to Jul 2026. Source: Eastmoney.
- Latest
- 1,489,530 Thousand arrivals
- Jul 2026
- vs previous period
- +6.2%
- Jun 2026
- vs a year earlier
- −1.0%
About this data
Monthly China transport disaggregated by rail, road, waterway and aviation: passenger transport volume, freight transport volume (along with throughput at major seaports), and turnover volume — meaning volume multiplied by distance. Unlike mere transport volume, turnover volume accounts for distance and thus measures the stretch of supply chains: for the same tonne of cargo, a longer haul increases turnover even if transport volume remains unchanged. This is a physical gauge of China's production and export engine, harder to embellish than value-based indicators. The rail and waterway series date back to 1983. China's National Statistics Office combines data for January and February to prevent distortions from the Lunar New Year, leaving the monthly series with no data point for January, with the combined figure recorded in February.
