A, highway



Road transport plays an extremely important role in Brazil. It carries 59 percent of the country's cargo. Brazil has a total road network of 1.7 million kilometers. 165,000 kilometers of asphalt - or cement - surfaced roads. Of these, 9,500 km are privatized roads, accounting for 6% of classified roads. To prevent serious deterioration caused by chronic neglect, the government gave up control of five national highways, including the Rio DE Janeiro to Sao Paulo expressway and the Rio DE Janeiro to Nitelloi bridge. In addition, to broaden the federal road network, the government has given the private sector the power to build toll roads. In order to avoid the "high toll, low maintenance" situation, the government has stipulated the upper limit of toll collection and the obligation to perform regular maintenance and other matters when transferring the right to build roads. In addition, the Brazilian government plans to build and renovate 42,000 kilometers of roads between 2008 and 2010.



Second, the railway



Brazil's current railway network has a total length of 29,798 km, with a total staff of 21,269, 1,587 locomotives and 55,472 carriages. At present, the railway transport efficiency is relatively low, accounting for only 19% of the total transportation in China. The average speed is only 25 kilometers per hour, far lower than the global average speed (75 kilometers per hour). To improve rail capacity, the government plans to build and renovate 2,518 kilometers of track between 2008 and 2010.



Three, air



Air transport accounts for 0.3% of Brazil's total capacity. In 2002, 33.01 million passengers were transported. Embraer operates international and mostly domestic routes with three major companies: TAM, GOL and VARIG (owned by GOL). There were 11,983 aircraft officially registered in March 2009, including more than 100 Boeing airliners of various types. There are 150 navigable cities in China, and there are regular flights with major regions in the world. According to official statistics, China has a total of 2014 airports, including 1,299 private airports and 715 public airports. The main international airports are: Sao Paulo, Rio DE Janeiro, Brasilia, Recife and Manaus.



Sao Paulo and Rio DE Janeiro have direct flights to Major cities in Europe and North America, as well as Johannesburg in South Africa and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, which will take you to Brazil from China. In addition, Air China has launched a direct flight between Beijing and Sao Paulo via Madrid, Spain.



Four, water transportation



Brazil's rivers criss-cross, for the waterway transport to create good conditions. Water transport accounts for about 17 per cent of Brazil's freight (including sea and inland water transport). Known routes include 48,000km of inland river routes and 7,000km of coastal routes. There are altogether 44 ports in China, including 6 in the northern region, 13 in the northeast region, 13 in the southeastern region, 10 in the southern region, and 2 in the central and western region, with an employed population of 62,000. In addition, the Brazilian government plans to build and renovate 12 ports by 2010.



Shipping is Brazil's main waterway transport and international trade route. The total amount of goods transported by sea in 2006 was 692 million tons. Its largest port is Santos, which accounts for 41% of the throughput. The port of Rio DE Janeiro accounts for 11.6%. The third is Port Grand, with 10%. Brazil transported 26 million tons of river cargo in 2006. Because of the low cost of inland river transportation, the competitiveness of enterprises' products has been improved, so inland river transportation has developed rapidly. According to statistics, the price of inland river transportation is the 1/2 of the railway transportation price, and the 1/5 of the highway transportation cost.



Five, the communication



In 2008, Brazil Post (ECT) had 12,352 bureaus; 56 sorting centers; 5, 582 delivery points; 42,890 transport vehicles (trucks, motorcycles, bicycles); 15 aircraft; 115,000 employees; Handled 9 billion pieces of mail. Brazil post offers an express service for domestic mail, called SEDEX. There are also international mail EXPRESS companies in Brazil, such as DHL, FEDERAL EXPRESS, etc. Generally speaking, mail delivery is more convenient.



Brazil has a relatively high level of management and operation in the telecommunications industry. In 2008, the number of fixed-line, mobile and Internet users in Brazil was about 53 million, 150 million and 53.9 million respectively, with a penetration rate of 28%, 79% and 28%, respectively. Its mobile penetration rate is second only to Russia (131 per cent) among the BRIC countries and higher than India (32.4 per cent) and China (50.7 per cent).



Domestic GSM mobile phones (900M/1.8G dual-band) can be used in Brazil, and domestic staff only need to buy a local SIM card when they arrive in Brazil.



Six, electricity,



In 2008, the national electricity consumption reached 392.8TWh, with a year-on-year growth of 3.8%, among which the service industry electricity consumption increased by 6% and 5.3% respectively, and the industrial electricity consumption increased by 2.4%. To meet the country's economic growth needs, the government plans to add 12.386 gigawatts of generating capacity and 13,826 kilometers of transmission lines between 2008 and 2010.