Ministry of transportation: highway construction at the same speed in the East and west of 1-5 months

Recently, the Ministry of communications announced the completion of highway traffic and fixed assets investment in 1-5 months in 2016. The statistics show that in 2016 1-5, the investment in fixed assets of highway and waterway traffic in China was 547 billion 877 million yuan, an increase of 6.9% over the same period last year. The investment in highway construction has increased by 6.4%, the inland river construction has increased by 22.5%, the coastal construction has fallen by 20.3%, and the other construction has increased by 1.58 times.

From the aspect of investment content, the 1-5 month highway construction showed a growth trend in the eastern and western regions, and the growth rate was basically the same, followed by 11.7% and 10.8%, while the highway construction in the central region decreased slightly. The largest growth rate of the year was in Beijing, which was nearly 5 times over.

In 1-5 months, the largest increase in the growth of river construction investment was in the western region, and the cumulative increase in river construction investment in the first 5 months was 57.4%. Sichuan has grown by more than 2 times the largest increase in the province. The eastern region increased by 35.2%, and the investment in the Inland River Construction in the central region declined slightly by 7%.

In 1-5 months, the eastern and western parts of the coastal construction were declining, and the total amount of investment in the first 5 months was 79.5% and 83.8% in the same period of the same period last year. The investment amount of the fixed assets in the middle part of the central region is 0. Among them, the largest increase in the province is Liaoning, the first 5 months of investment is 1.45 times the same period last year.

From the sub regional perspective, the total fixed assets investment in the eastern region in the 1-5 months was 172 billion 776 million, an increase of 6.4% compared with the same period last year. The investment in fixed assets in the central region was 112 billion 613 million, down 6.2% compared with the same period last year, and the investment in fixed assets in the western region was 262 billion 488 million, an increase of 14.1% over the same period last year.