Railways
total : 62,500 km (including 5,400 km of provincial "local" rails)
standard gauge: 58,900 km 1.435-m gauge (9,700 km electrified; 18,100 km double track)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 0.750-m gauge local industrial lines (1996 est.)

Highways
total: 1.117 million km
paved: 239,500 km
unpaved: 877,500 km (1996 est.)

Waterways 138,600 km; about 110,600 km navigable

Pipelines crude oil 9,700 km; petroleum products 1,100 km; natural gas 6,200 km(1990)

Ports and harbors Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Haikou, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo,Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou, Tianjin, Xiamen, Yantain, Zhanjiang

Merchant marine
total: 1,736 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,749,069 GRT/25,196,607 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 325, cargo 883, chemical tanker 16, combinationbulk 11, container 109, liquefied gas tanker 9, multifunction large-load carrier6, oil tanker 232, passenger 6, passenger-cargo 47, refrigerated cargo 24,roll-on/roll-off cargo 22, short-sea passenger 43, specialized tanker 1
note: China owns an additional 270 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,754,413DWT operating under the registries of Panama, Hong Kong, Malta, Liberia, Vanuatu,Cyprus, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Marshall Islands, and Singapore(1996 est.)

Airports 206 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 192
over 3,047 m: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 65
1,524 to 2,437 m: 90
914 to 1,523 m : 13
under 914 m: 6 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 14
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m : 1 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.