According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation, in the first half of 2020, the investment target of Guangdong's highway and waterway will be adjusted from 130 billion yuan in early 2020 to 175 billion yuan, an increase of 45 billion yuan.

From January to June, a total of 86.09 billion yuan was invested in the construction of transportation infrastructure in Guangdong Province, completing 49.2% of the annual plan. The highway project completed an investment of 75.71 billion yuan, 46.6% of the annual plan. Among them, the highway completed an investment of 58.39 billion yuan, which is 49.9% of the annual plan; the ordinary national and provincial highways completed an investment of 12.12 billion yuan, which is 45.7% of the annual plan; the rural highway completed an investment of 5.20 billion yuan, which is 27.4% of the annual plan; ports; The project completed an investment of 4.82 billion yuan, which is 67.0% of the annual plan. The channel project completed an investment of 290 million yuan, which is 36.7% of the annual plan. The highway passenger and freight station project and other completed investment of 5.27 billion yuan, completing the 2020 investment target ahead of schedule.

From January to June, the highway and waterway freight volume and cargo turnover volume of Guangdong Province respectively completed 1,396,46 million tons and 1,177.3227 million tons-km. Among them, the road freight volume and cargo turnover volume respectively completed 925.79 million tons and 991.1291 million tons-kilometers; the waterway freight volume and cargo turnover volume respectively completed 470.67 million tons and 107,181,936 million tons-kilometers. The passenger traffic volume and passenger turnover volume of highways and waterways in Guangdong Province were 253.44 million and 26.213 million kilometers respectively. Among them, the highway passenger volume and passenger turnover volume respectively completed 247.78 million and 25,800.42 million kilometers; the waterway passenger volume and passenger turnover volume respectively completed 5.67 million and 195.71 million kilometers.

From January to June, the port cargo throughput totaled 931.4 million tons. Among them, the throughput of foreign trade cargo was 289.02 million tons; coastal ports completed 813.08 million tons; inland ports completed 114.32 million tons. The container throughput reached 29.57 million TEUs.

In the first half of 2020, the main indicators of transportation in Guangdong Province continued to recover and improve, investment in fixed assets in transportation gradually recovered, investment in some areas achieved positive growth, the scale of commercial passenger traffic continued to recover, the decline in freight volume was significantly narrowed, and the port throughput was stable The growth is gradually moving in the favorable direction of entering the normal track, and the leading and supporting role of transportation construction investment in economic and social development has gradually been highlighted, and it has actively responded to the downward pressure on the economy, stabilized growth, promoted reform, adjusted the structure, and benefited the people’s livelihood. It played a positive role in preventing risks and increasing stamina. (For reprinting, please indicate to see www.seetao.com) See Tao Network Engineering Column Editor/He Yuting