As of February 4, the Spring Festival has entered its 10th day, and the national passenger flow has remained high.
Railways have always been one of the main forces to undertake passenger transport, in terms of railways, the national railway Spring Festival transport has sent more than 100 million passengers, and the national railway has transported more than 10 million passengers per day on average.
On a single-day basis, taking February 5 as an example, nearly 12.4 million passengers traveled by train, exceeding 12 million passengers for five consecutive days, continuing to run at a high level.
According to CCTV, since the Spring Festival, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society has exceeded 2 billion.
Spring Festival passenger traffic continues to rise
This year's Spring Festival passenger flow hit a new peak, January 26 is the first day of the Spring Festival, on that day, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society, reached 18,93520,000 person-times, an increase of 67%。
Railways and highways are the main force to undertake the Spring Festival, and the national railway passenger volume on that day was 110630,000 people, an increase of 78% over the same period in 2023 and an increase of 16 over the same period in 20191%。
On the same day, the flow of people on the highway was 175.64 million, an increase of 16 over the same period in 20236%, an increase of 6 from the same period in 20194%。
In addition, the combined passenger traffic of waterways and civil aviation also increased, reaching 5830,000 passengers, civil aviation passenger traffic 20660,000 people.
By February 4, the Spring Festival has entered its 10th day, and the overall passenger flow has maintained a high level, with about 12.8 million passengers sent by railways across the country on that day. So far, the national railway Spring Festival has sent a total of 10.7 billion people.
In terms of highways, the flow of people is expected to exceed 1800 million person-times, and the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to exceed 19.6 billion people. Civil aviation flights have also increased, and the national civil aviation is expected to carry out more than 17,000 flights.
Cumulatively, according to CCTV reports, since the Spring Festival, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society has exceeded 2 billion.
In order to cope with the surge in passenger volume, under the premise of ensuring safety, local railway departments have continuously increased capacity in areas and routes where the weather has improved, and have opened additional trains and flights.
For example, Harbin Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added more than 100 trains, mainly to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian and major cities in the province; Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has added nearly 200 trains to Taiyuan, Harbin, Xi'an and other directions; Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has opened 114 additional passenger trains in Sichuan-Chongqing, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other directions.
Which city has the largest number of returnees?
Since the reform and opening up, as more and more people choose to leave their hometowns to work and study, these people are concentrated in returning to their hometowns during the Spring Festival, which can be called "a rare population flow in the world".
Known as the largest periodic human migration in human history, the number of people traveling during the Spring Festival has been increasing from 100 million to more than 3 billion in the past 30 years.
In about 40 days, the flow of more than 3 billion people is equivalent to two major migrations of people across the country, allowing the total population of Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania to move once, as the world's largest periodic transportation peak, creating a number of world firsts.
During the Spring Festival, the largest number of people return to their hometowns, so which cities are the most "popular"? Many people may think that it is a first-tier city such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, but unexpectedly, it is an ordinary prefecture-level city in Henan Province.
According to CCTV's "Morning News World", in the week after the Spring Festival opened, the number of cross-city trips gradually increased. Among them, the first popular city for returning to the hometown is Zhoukou City, Henan, the second is Fuyang, Anhui, followed by Shangrao, Jiangxi, Zhumadian, Henan, and Xinyang, Henan.
According to Dahe Daily, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, exported more than 1.7 million people to other provinces, and transferred more than 1.1 million people to work in the province.
In all parts of the country, Zhoukou "workers" can be seen everywhere, and even a number of well-known "labor service brands" have been formed in the national employment market, such as "Xiangcheng Waterproof Worker", "Xihua Hu Spicy Soup Master", "Shenqiu Truck Driver" and so on.
In addition, there are many groups who travel during the Spring Festival. From the perspective of departure cities, the number of departures in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu has increased significantly, and the number of departures in Wuhan, Xi'an, Chongqing and Changsha has increased for many consecutive days.
Nationally, regional economic and cultural centers such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Nanjing, Changsha, Guangzhou, and Chengdu have once again become popular destinations.
Heavy rainfall and snow are coming
It is worth noting that during the Spring Festival, the central and eastern regions of China are experiencing the longest and most extensive heavy rain and snow weather process since this winter, which has a great impact on travel.
Since January 31, many cities in China have suffered the strongest winter rain and snow freezing weather in the past ten years, and a large area of rain and snow has occurred in southern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, southeastern Henan, central and northern Anhui, and central Hubei, with a snow depth of more than 10 centimeters, and the snow depth of five stations such as Hongze in Jiangsu has broken through the extreme value of the same period in history since 2009.
In addition, in addition to snowfall, in central Shaanxi, southern Shanxi, most of Henan and other places, the precipitation in areas with mixed rain and snow generally reaches more than 20 mm, and some areas exceed 50 mm.
As of February 6, due to snowfall and roadside ice during the Spring Festival, many urban roads across the country were affected, with 129 road sections closed and 700 toll booths closed.
But despite this, the Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in our country, and no matter where people are, they are looking forward to going home for the New Year as they approach it.
Behind the Spring Festival, there are also many problems in China's social development, such as the concept of vernacularity, the dual structure of urban and rural areas, resource allocation and other deep-seated problems. To solve these problems, we may ultimately have to rely on economic development, and only development is the last word.
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3.This year, the flow of people in the whole society has exceeded 2 billion. CCTV.
4.Affected by snowfall and icy roads, a total of 129 road sections have been closed in more than 10 provinces. The Beijing News.