Cctv newsAccording to the WeChat WeChat official account news of the Ministry of Transport, according to the preliminary summary calculation, in 2023, in 40 days in Spring Festival travel rush, the total social mobility was about 4.733 billion person-times. Among them, the business passenger traffic was about 1.595 billion, up by 50.5% compared with the same period in 2022, and recovered to 53.5% in the same period in 2019. Railways, highways, waterways and civil aviation sent 348 million, 1.169 billion, 22.452 million and 55.214 million passengers respectively, up by 37.5% and 558.8 million respectively compared with the same period in 2022. The national expressway passenger car traffic totaled 1.184 billion, and the passenger capacity was about 3.138 billion, an increase of 18.6% over the same period in 2022 and 17.2% over the same period in 2019. On the whole, in 2023, Spring Festival travel rush has sufficient transportation capacity, orderly transportation organization, stable security situation, effective prevention and control measures, and strong service guarantee, achieving the goal of "safe, healthy, convenient and comfortable travel for the people and smooth and orderly transportation of key materials".
This year, Spring Festival travel rush has the following characteristics.：
First, the traffic volume of passenger cars on expressways reached a record high. The public’s willingness to travel by car has been significantly enhanced, and the policy of free passage for passenger cars with less than 7 seats continued during the Spring Festival holiday. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the number of self-driving trips reached a record high, with the passenger car traffic on the expressway reaching 60.291 million on January 27th (the sixth day of the first month), which was the historical peak.
Second, the business passenger flow has rebounded sharply. The people’s accumulated travel demands such as returning home for the New Year, visiting relatives and friends, traveling on vacation and business trips have been released, which has led to a rapid increase in passenger flow. The turnover of people in the whole society and business passenger traffic have reached new highs since Spring Festival travel rush in 2020.
Third, there is a strong demand for transportation of various key materials. The implementation of "Class B and Class B Management" coincided with the beginning of Spring Festival travel rush. The transportation demand of medical materials in China increased sharply, and key materials such as energy and people’s livelihood were in a critical period of ensuring supply and transportation. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the transportation demand of various key materials was intertwined.
Fourth, the optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control have landed smoothly. Spring Festival travel rush’s epidemic prevention and control measures were carefully implemented, employees strictly carried out protection, and the public actively implemented personal health protection responsibilities. In the case of large-scale flow of people and logistics, cross-infection was prevented to the maximum extent, and the health of passengers was guaranteed. The "Class B and B Management" landed smoothly in the field of transportation.
The national transportation system will thoroughly study, profoundly understand, resolutely implement, and solidly implement the spirit of the important speech delivered by the Supreme Leader General Secretary on the eve of the Spring Festival to express condolences to grassroots cadres and masses, adhere to the principle of no drop in standards, no reduction in strength, and no slackening in enthusiasm. As always, we will continue to do a good job in service guarantee for key groups such as Spring Festival travel rush’s follow-up college students returning to school, migrant workers returning to their posts, and rural people traveling in busy farming, continue to strengthen transportation and logistics, strive to speed up the construction of a transportation power, and strive to be a modern China.
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