Transportation in China
Transportation in China
Chinese Transportation
Railways: total: 75,438 km standard gauge: 75,438 km 1.435-m gauge (20,151 km electrified) (2005)
Highways:
Waterways: 110,000 km navigable (2008)
Pipelines: gas 28,132 km; oil 20,204 km; refined products 9,746 km (2008)
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine: total: 1,826 by type: barge carrier 4, bulk carrier 451, cargo 689, carrier 2, chemical tanker 69, combination ore/oil 1, container 162, liquefied gas 44, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 83, petroleum tanker 244, refrigerated cargo 33, roll on/roll off 10, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 17 foreign-owned: 20 (Ecuador 1, Greece 2, Hong Kong 12, Indonesia 1, Japan 2, South Korea 1, Norway 1) registered in other countries: 1,441 (Bahamas 10, Bangladesh 1, Belize 71, Bermuda 10, Bolivia 1, Cambodia 193, Cyprus 10, France 5, Georgia 10, Germany 2, Honduras 3, Hong Kong 324, India 1, Indonesia 2, Kiribati 15, South Korea 1, Liberia 11, Malta 12, Marshall Islands 7, Mongolia 1, Norway 36, Panama 532, Philippines 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94, Sierra Leone 15, Singapore 14, Thailand 1, Tuvalu 16, unknown 39) (2008)
Airports: 477 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 413 over 3,047 m: 59 2,438 to 3,047 m: 132 1,524 to 2,437 m: 129 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 72 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 64 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12 914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 27 (2008)
Heliports: 35 (2007)