The first two months saw an increase in China's highway and waterway freight volume

China's road and waterway freight volume logged steady growth in the first two months of this year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.

During the period, about 5.45 billion tonnes of road cargo was transported in the country, up 7.8 percent from the same period last year, according to the ministry.

Some 1.4 billion tonnes of cargo was transported via China's waterways, an increase of 10.2 percent year on year.

In the January-February period, east China's Zhejiang Province saw the sharpest year-on-year increase in road cargo, while northwest China's Shaanxi Province ranked top in the country in terms of waterway cargo growth year on year. 

Dunhuang, China and French Museum jointly build the Mogao Grottoes database The cargo throughput of the Three Gorges Shiplock in the first quarter exceeded 30 million tons