New energy buses boost public transportation

More than 80 percent of China's public transport buses are new energy vehicles, the Ministry of Transport said on Tuesday.

There were 682,500 public buses on the country's roads by the end of last year, with 554,400 of them — 81.2 percent — eschewing fossil-fuel engines.

The country's public bus network has expanded to 79,800 routes, with over 20,000 kilometers of dedicated bus lanes. Last year, China's buses provided 41.6 billion passenger trips, according to Geng Jinjun, an official from the ministry.