In the January-May period this year, China's investment in railway infrastructure amounted to RMB 135.69517 billion ($22.14 billion), up 2.6 percent year on year, with this growth rate 2.6 percentage points slower than that recorded in January-April this year, as announced by China Railway Corporation (CRC).
In the January-May period, China's railways carried 906.52 million passengers, up 9.7 percent, and transported 1.277 billion mt of cargo, down 3.9 percent, both year on year.