Statistical Communique on China's 2014 National Economic and Social Development

(National Bureau of Statistics of China) Updated: 2015-02-26 14:04

In 2014, the overseas direct investment (non-financial sectors) by Chinese investors was 632.1 billion yuan, or 102.9 billion US dollars, up by 14.1 percent over the previous year.

Table 12: Total Value of Overseas Direct Investment in Non-financial Sectors and the Growth Rates in 2014
Sector	Overseas Direct Investment ($100 m)	Increase over 2013 (%)
Total	1028.9	14.1
Of which: Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishing	17.4	19.2
Mining	193.3	-4.1
Manufacturing	69.6	-19.8
Production and Supply of Electricity, Gas and Water	18.4	36.3
Construction	70.2	7.5
Wholesale and Retail Sales	172.7	26.3
Transport, Storage, Post and Telecommunication Services	29.3	17.2
Information Transmission, Computer Services and Software	17.0	100.0
Real Estate	30.9	45.8
Leasing and Business Services	372.5	26.5

In 2014, the accomplished business revenue through contracted overseas engineering projects was 874.8 billion yuan, or 142.4 billion US dollars, up by 3.8 percent, and the number of labor forces sent abroad through overseas labor contracts was 562 thousand, an increase of 6.6 percent.

VII. Transportation, Post, Telecommunications and Tourism

Transportation grew at a steady pace. The total freight traffic reached 43.9 billion tons, up by 7.1 percent over the previous year, and the freight flows were 18,461.9 billion ton-kilometers, grew by 9.9 percent. The volume of freight handled by ports above the designated size throughout the year totaled 11.16 billion tons, up 4.8 percent over the previous year, of which freight for foreign trade was 3.52 billion tons, up 5.9 percent. Container shipping of ports above the designated size reached 200.93 million standard containers, up by 6.1 percent.

Table 13: Freight Traffic by All Means of Transportation and the Growth Rates in 2014

Item	Unit	Volume	Increase over 2013 (%)
Total freight traffic	100 million tons	439.1	7.1
Railways	100 million tons	38.1	-3.9
Highways	100 million tons	334.3	8.7
Waterways	100 million tons	59.6	6.4
Civil aviation	10 000 tons	593.3	5.7
Pipelines	100 million tons	6.9	5.2
Freight flows	100 million ton-kilometers	184619.2	9.9
Railways	100 million ton-kilometers	27530.2	-5.6
Highways	100 million ton-kilometers	61139.1	9.7
Waterways	100 million ton-kilometers	91881.1	15.7
Civil aviation	100 million ton-kilometers	186.1	9.3
Pipelines	100 million ton-kilometers	3882.7	10.9

In 2014, the total passenger traffic reached 22.1 billion persons, up by 3.9 percent over 2013, and the passenger flows were 2,999.4 billion person-kilometers, grew by 8.8 percent.

Table 14: Passenger Traffic by All Means of Transportation and the Growth Rates in 2014
Item	Unit	Volume	Increase over 2013 (%)
Total passenger traffic	100 million persons	220.7	3.9
Railways	100 million persons	23.6	11.9
Highways	100 million persons	190.5	2.8
Waterways	100 million persons	2.6	12.3
Civil aviation	100 million persons	3.9	10.6
Passenger flows	100 million person-kilometers	29994.2	8.8
Railways	100 million person-kilometers	11604.8	9.5
Highways	100 million person-kilometers	11981.7	6.5
Waterways	100 million person-kilometers	74.4	8.9
Civil aviation	100 million person-kilometers	6333.3	12.0

The total number of motor vehicles for civilian use reached 154.47 million (including 9.72 million tri-wheel motor vehicles and low-speed trucks) by the end of 2014, up 12.4 percent, of which private-owned vehicles numbered 125.84 million, up 15.5 percent. The total number of cars for civilian use stood at 83.07 million, up 16.6 percent, of which private-owned cars numbered 75.90 million, up by 18.4 percent.