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Logistics infrastructure profile

China — Logistics Infrastructure

China's logistics infrastructure profile brings together its road and rail network scale, container and air-freight throughput, railway and metro stations, logistics facilities and maritime territory — each figure from a named public source.

Network and freight scale come from the World Bank and the GRIP4 global road inventory; railway and metro stations from GeoNames; warehouses, container and customs facilities from OpenStreetMap; maritime territory from Marine Regions; and the trans-European core network from the EU TEN-T.

1,710,223 km
Road network
109,767 route-km
Rail network
268,990,000 TEU
Container throughput
1,302,395 km²
Maritime territory (EEZ)

Profiled infrastructure

Logistics performance

LPI score
3.7 / 5
World Bank LPI · 2023
Global rank
19 / 139
World Bank LPI · 2023
Customs 3.3Infra. 4.0Shipments 3.6Competence 3.8Tracking 3.8Timeliness 3.7

Transport network & freight

Road network
1,710,223 km
GRIP4
Rail network
109,767 route-km
World Bank WDI · 2021
Container throughput
268,990,000 TEU
World Bank WDI · 2022
Air freight
26,170.4 M ton-km
World Bank WDI · 2023
Air passengers
619,215,886
World Bank WDI · 2023
Carrier departures
4,909,131
World Bank WDI · 2023

Stations & facilities

Railway stations
619
GeoNames
Metro stations
2
GeoNames
Warehouses
793
OpenStreetMap
Container facilities
309
OpenStreetMap
Customs posts
78
OpenStreetMap

Maritime & EU network

Maritime territory (EEZ)
1,302,395 km²
Marine Regions
Container terminals
87
SMDG
Liner shipping connectivity
1,187.09
UNCTAD LSCI · 2024-Q1
Best-connected port
Shanghai
UNCTAD PLSCI · Q1 2026

All Sources

InfrastructureGRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)GRIP4 Global Roads (PBL)
CC0
Infrastructurethe World Bank's World Development Indicatorsthe World Bank's World Development Indicators
CC BY 4.0
LocationsGeoNamesGeoNames
CC BY 4.0
InfrastructureOpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap
ODbL 1.0
InfrastructureMarine RegionsMarine Regions
CC BY 4.0
Portsthe SMDG Terminal Code Listthe SMDG Terminal Code List
UN/LOCODE — free, attribution
Logistics performancethe World Bank Logistics Performance Indexthe World Bank Logistics Performance Index
CC BY 4.0
Logistics performanceUNCTADUNCTAD
CC BY 3.0 IGO
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