Tourists buy ice cream in Central Avenue of Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province, May 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

More than 32.4 billion inter-regional trips were made in China during the first half (H1) of this year, up 7.4% from one year earlier, data from the Ministry of Transport showed on Friday.

The country's transport sector has generally been stable and has continued to recover during the January-June period, the ministry said in a statement published on its website.

It said the country's cargo throughput at ports climbed 4.6% year on year to 8.56 billion tonnes during the period. Specifically, foreign trade cargo throughput at ports rose 8.8% over the previous year.

During the period, the country's ports handled 160 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers, climbing 8.5% year on year.

The country's fixed-asset investment in the transport sector amounted to 1.7 trillion yuan (about $238.53 billion) during the January-June period.

The transport sector indicators came after official data showed that the country's economy rose 5% year on year in H1, maintaining stable expansion despite rising challenges from home and abroad.

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