Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in China? China has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 27,700 km (2020) (navigable waterways). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is B
Transportation in China
| Number of Airports | 531 (2024) |
|---|---|
| Heliports | 104 (2024) |
| Pipelines | 76,000 km gas, 30,400 km crude oil, 27,700 km refined petroleum products, 797,000 km water (2018) |
| Railways | |
| Total | 150,000 km (2021) 1.435-m gauge (100,000 km electrified); 104,0000 traditional, 40,000 high-speed |
| Roadways | |
| Total | 5.2 million km (2020) |
| Paved | 4.578 million km (2020) (includes 168000 km of expressways) |
| Unpaved | 622,000 km (2017) |
| National air transport system | |
| Number of registered air carriers | 56 (2020) |
| Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers | 2,890 |
| Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers | 436,183,969 (2018) |
| Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers | 611,439,830 (2018) mt-km |
| Merchant marine | |
| Total | 8,314 (2023) |
| By type | bulk carrier 1,831, container ship 419, general cargo 1,392, oil tanker 1,196, other 3,476 |
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