The reading was up 6.8 percent compared with the previous year, data from the ministry showed.
The public criticized the railway administration for making the driver a scapegoat, and demanded a thorough examination.
The provision has triggered discussions, with some critics calling it "long-arm jurisdiction", meaning the ability of local courts to exercise jurisdiction over foreign defendants, and saying the law could go further than Chinese mainland legislation.
The recovery of China's transportation sector accelerated in the first three quarters of this year, with surging infrastructure investment and steadily-restored passenger transport and logistics, an official with the Ministry of Transport said on Wednesday.
The provincial government has launched the highest level of disaster relief response and sent rescue teams to the site.
The ratio had dropped for four years in a row by 2016, but was still significantly higher than a number of developed and developing economies.
临沧背神经手术价钱是多少
The rapidly growing market has created numerous opportunities for Chinese delivery companies.
The protest started on Tuesday when hundreds of mourners, wearing Hashd Shaabi's military uniforms, rallied outside the embassy, chanting slogans condemning airstrikes by the US forces against Hashd Shaabi bases in Iraq.
The quickened growth in industrial production and sales and the moderate drop in the factory-gate prices of industrial products can be attributed to the rebound in November, according to Zhu.
The quake, which struck at 6:10 pm (0910 GMT), was centred in Kumamoto prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), JMA said.