China Transportation Sector Statistics @ The China Perspective

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Automobile production

Million vehicles

	Auto	Private cars
1991	0.71	0.07
1995	1.45	0.34
2000	2.07	0.61
2001	2.34	0.70
2002	3.25	1.09
2003	4.44	2.02
2004	5.07	2.31
2005	5.71	2.95

Source: National Bureau of Statistics, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers

Car sales & production capacity

Million cars

	Sales	Production capacity	Sales/capacity ratio
2000	0.61	0.60	101%
2001	0.72	0.70	102%
2002	1.12	1.09	103%
2003	1.97	2.02	98%
2004	2.28	2.31	99%
2005	2.52	2.95	85%

Source: CATARC, Bear Steams Asia, Alaris

Auto exports

US$ million

	Quantity(thousands)	Value(US$ million)
2003	132,216	417.63
2004	408,887	780.71
2005	172,639	1,581.58

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Auto imports

US$ billion

	2003		2004		2005
	Units	Value	Units	Value	Units	Value
Sedans	103,016	3.08	116,085	3.27	76,542	0.259
Trucks	9,769	0.42	7,989	0.39	6,113	0.049
Others	172,338	5.21	175,915	5.33	78,543	0.21

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Domestic car sales*, Jan-Jun 2006

Company		Market share %
Shanghai GM	183,900	10.19
Shanghai VW	161,900	8.98
FAW-VW	147,600	8.18
Chery	133,200	7.38
Beijing Hyundai	120,200	6.66
FAW-Toyota	107,800	5.98
FAW-Xiali	105,900	5.87
Jili	105,800	5.86
Guangzhou Honda	105,700	5.86
Shenlong	100,200	5.55
Other	531,543	29.47
Total	1,803,743

*excludes buses, trucks, recreation vehicles and jeeps

Source: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, http://www.auto-stats.org.cn/ReadArticle.asp?NewsID=4188

3 out of 1,000 Chinese citizens own a car

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/0628_040628_chinacars.htm

China had 104,078 road accidents during the first half of 2006.

Source: http://www.chinaview.cn/china/more.htm

Bicycle usage

Bicycles per 100 households

1990	189
1995	195
1998	182
2000	163
2002	143
2003	143
2004	139

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Bicycle output

Million units

1995	44.72
2000	29.07
2001	29.02
2002	39.58
2003	54.52
2004	50.01
2005*	51.18

*Jan-Nov

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

In 1980, there were an estimated 500 million bicycles in China.

Source: http://www.ibike.org/statistics.him

Taxis and passenger buses

	Taxia	Passenger buses
1990	111,000	62,000
1995	504,000	137,000
2000	825,000	226,000
2003	903,000	264,000
2004	904,000	282,000

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Transport routes

Thousand km

	Railway in operation	Highway
1980	53.3	883.3
1985	55.0	942.4
1990	57.8	1,028.3
1995	59.7	1,157.0
2000	68.7	1,402.7
2001	70.1	1,698.0
2002	71.9	1,765.2
2003	73.0	1,809.8
2004	74.4	1,870.7
2005	75.4	1,930.5

Source: National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Communications

Shanghai transrapid rail system (Maglev)

Year of completion	2004
Top speed(km/hour)	500
Operating speed(km/hour)	430
Track length(km)	30

Source: http://www.monorails.org/tMspages?MagShang.html

Rail passengers

Million

1980	922.04
1885	1,121.10
1990	957.12
1995	1,027.45
2000	1,050.73
2001	1,051.55
2002	1,056.06
2003	972.60
2004	1,117.64
2005	1,160.00

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Aircraft in service

	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004
Boeing 747	11	16	19	19	20
Boeing 737	21	115	186	264	304
Boeing 757	9	44	48	55	62
Boeing 767	6	17	16	22	27
MD90	n/a	n/a	22	22	22
MD82	25	39	27	26	26
Airbus A310	2	3	3	3	3
Airbus A320	n/a	n/a	60	76	93
Total	499	852	982	1,160	1,245

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Airports & air routes

	Airports	Air routes
1990	94	1,279
1995	139	797
2000	139	1,165
2003	126	1,155
2004	133	1,279
2005	135	n/a

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Air passenger traffic

1980	3.43
1985	7.47
1990	16.60
1995	51.17
2000	67.22
2001	75.24
2002	85.94
2003	87.59
2004	121.23
2005	138.27

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

Inbound are passengers

Million

2000	67
2005	138
2010	170
2020	300

Source: Academy of Macroeconomic Research, SCPC, Central China Securities

Major airlines

Air China	CA
Eastern Airlines	MU
Hainan Airlines	HU
Northern Airlines	CJ
Northwest Airlines	WH
Shandong Airlines	SC
Shanghai Airlines	SF
Shenzhen Airlines	4G
Sichuan Airlines	3U
Southern Airlines	CZ
Southwest Airlines	SZ
Xiamen Airlines	MF
Xinhua Airlines	X2
Yunnan Airlines	3Q

Source: http://www.chinahighlights.com/china-airline/airline_index.htm

Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines account for almost 80% of the domestic civil aviation market.

Source: http://www.bjreview.com.cn/06-32-e/bus-5.htm

Grand China Air (a merger of Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Airlines) is projected to achieve business revenues of RMB60 billion in 2010.

Source: http://www.bjreview.com.cn/06-32-e/bus-5.htm

International airlines 2005

	Passengers carried (Million)	Aircraft
United Airlines	66.80	460
Japan Airlines	58.04	278
Air France	55.77	568
China Southern Airlines	44.12	261
Air China	27.69	176
China Eastern Airlines	22.50	180
Singapore Airlines	16.99	90
Cathay Pacific Airlines	15.44	99

Source: United Airlines, Japan Airlines International, Air France & KLM, China Southern Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airlines

The primary market of the China-Europe sector with flights from China to large European cities is nearly 76% controlled by foreign airlines.

Source: http://www.bjreview.com.cn/06-32-e/bus-5.htm

Qinghai-Tibet railroad

Opened	July 1, 2006
RMB (bn) spent on environmental protection	1.54
Begins	Xining , Qinghai
Ends	Lhasa , Tibet
Length (km)	1,956

The Qinghai-Tibet railway is the highest in the world at 5,075 meters.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

The railway is the world’s longest plateau railroad, extending 1,956 kilometers.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

Approximately 550 kilometers of the tracks run along frozen earth.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

The Tanggula railway station is 5,068 meters above sea level.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

The Fenghuoshan Tunnel is 4,905 meters above sea level.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

There are 45 stations along the Qinghai-Tibet rail line.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

The maximum train speed is designed to reach 100 km per hour in the frozen earth areas and 120 km per hour on non-frozen earth areas.

Source: Xinhua & CRI, http://tibet.cn/en/newfeature/qtrailway/about/t20051016_117368.htm

Distance to major cities worldwide

	Beijing	Shanghai	Guangzhou	Chengdu
New York	10,996	11,881	12,886	12,082
San Francisco	9,519	9,911	11,109	11,020
Chicago	10,614	11,383	12,487	11,871
Los Angeles	10,069	10,458	11,656	11,570
Paris	8,225	9,277	9,508	8,279
London	8,147	9,209	9,503	8,285
Berlin	7,365	8,410	8,629	7,402
Tokyo	2,099	1,781	2,913	3,353
Hong Kong	1,972	1,215	130	1,369
Barcelona	8,812	9,836	9,943	8,705
Moscow	5,802	6,829	7,021	5,794
Seoul	954	885	2,076	2,241
Sydney	8,957	7,882	7,510	8,724
Singapore	4,481	3,796	2,632	3,269

Source: http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm

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