Short facts about transportation in China
| Railways: |
total: 67,524 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local"
rails)
standard gauge: 63,924 km 1.435-m gauge (13,362 km
electrified; 20,250 km double track)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km
0.750-m and 1.000-m gauge local industrial lines (1998
est.)
note: a new total of 68,000 km was estimated for early 1999
to take new construction programs into account
(1999) |
| Highways: |
total: 1.4 million km
paved: 271,300 km (with at least 16,000 km
of expressways)
unpaved: 1,128,700 km
(1999) |
| Waterways: |
110,000 km
(1999) |
| Pipelines: |
crude oil 9,070 km; petroleum products
560 km; natural gas 9,383 km (1998) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou,
Huangpu, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai,
Shantou, Tianjin, Xiamen, Xingang, Yantai,
Zhanjiang |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 1,745 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,533,521 GRT/24,746,859
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 324, cargo 825, chemical
tanker 21, combination bulk 11, combination ore/oil 1, container 132, liquefied
gas 24, multi-functional large-load carrier 5, passenger 7, passenger/cargo 45,
petroleum tanker 258, refrigerated cargo 22, roll on/roll off 23, short-sea
passenger 41, specialized tanker 3, vehicle carrier 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
489 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 324
over 3,047 m: 27
2,438 to 3,047 m:
88
1,524 to 2,437 m: 147
914 to 1,523 m:
30
under 914 m: 32 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 165
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m:
56
under 914 m: 78 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
