National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 56
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2,890
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 436,183,969
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 19.806 billion mt-km (2015)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
B (2016)

Airports:
507 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 14
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 463
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 71
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 158
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 123
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 25
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 86 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 44
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 4
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 9
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 18 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]

Heliports:
47 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]

Pipelines:
gas 70,000 km; crude oil 22,900 km; refined petroleum products 25,500 km; water 710,206 km (2015)

Railways:
total: 124,000 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 124,000 km 1.435-m gauge (80,000 km electrified); 102,000 traditional, 22,000 high-speed (2017)
country comparison to the world: 2

Roadways:
total: 4,577,300 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 4,046,300 km (includes 123,500 km of expressways)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 531,000 km (2015)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 3

Waterways:
110,000 km (navigable waterways) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 1
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 4,287
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 1,069, container ship 198, general cargo 697, oil tanker 480, other 1,843 (2017)

Ports and terminals:
major seaport(s): Dalian, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
river port(s): Guangzhou (Pearl)
container port(s) (TEUs): Dalian (9,591,000), Guangzhou (17,097,000), Ningbo (20,636,000), Qingdao (17,323,000), Shanghai (36,516,000), Shenzhen (24,142,000), Tianjin (13,881,000)(2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Tangshan, Zhejiang

Transportation - note:
seven of the world’s ten largest container ports are in China