Aerial photo taken on Nov. 18, 2021 shows cargo ships loaded with phosphate ore sailing on the Wujiang River in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China's waterway freight volume rose 4.2 percent year on year in the first four months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.
Around 2.63 billion tonnes of waterway cargo were transported during this period, according to the ministry.
In April alone, China's waterway freight volume stood at 694.01 million tonnes, the ministry said.
Central China's Hubei Province led the expansion among 31 provincial-level regions, reporting a year-on-year growth of 25.1 percent in the January-April period, followed by south China's Hainan Province and east China's Jiangsu Province.
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