BEIJING — China's road cargo transport registered robust expansion in the first eight months of the year, with the freight volume soaring 22.6 percent year-on-year, official data showed.

A total of 25.32 billion tons of road cargo were transported in the January-August period, according to the Ministry of Transport.

In August alone, China's road freight volume rose 5.8 percent over one year earlier to 3.44 billion metric tons, said the ministry.

China's water freight transport also saw stable growth in the first eight months of the year, with the total freight volume up 11.5 percent year-on-year to 5.31 billion tons.