BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China’s rail freight volume increased by 11.8 percent year on year to about 338.84 million tonnes in May, recording a new high since this year,the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday.
In May, the railway freight turnover reached 240.9 billion tonne-km, up 10.9 percent year on year.
China completed about 199.343 billion yuan of railway fixed-asset investment in the first five months of this year.
(Edited by Yang Yifan, yangyifan@xinhua.org)