Over 9 bln trips estimated during China’s Spring Festival travel rush
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Passengers wait to board a train at Tengzhou East Railway Station in Zaozhuang City, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed. The travel rush concluded on Saturday.
The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
Driven by family reunions and leisure travel for the Chinese New Year, the country saw railways, highways, waterways and airlines operating at full capacity during the period, which concluded on Saturday.
About 8.39 billion trips were made by road, the busiest mode of transportation. Passenger volume reached 513.63 million for railways, 90.19 million for air travel, and 31.15 million for waterways.
The travel rush, often referred to as the world’s largest annual human migration, highlights China’s vast mobility and economic activity. With a steadily recovering economy and rising demand for travel, this year’s chunyun saw a robust transportation network handling unprecedented passenger volumes.
The Spring Festival, an occasion for family reunions, fell on Jan. 29 this year. ■
Passengers check in to take a train in Zaozhuang Railway Station in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows a bullet train running on China-Laos Railway in Jinghong City, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Li Yunsheng/Xinhua)
A bullet train runs on the Lijiang-Shangri-la railway with the Yulong Snow Mountain in the background, in Lijiang, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Zhao Qingzu/Xinhua)
Passengers wait to board a train at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/Xinhua)
A passenger takes a bus at a bus station in Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Wu Yaorong/Xinhua)
Passengers arrive at Nanjing Railway Station in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)
A drone photo shows a bullet train running at Changzhou North Railway Station in Changzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Feb. 22, 2025. The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is estimated to reach 9.03 billion, official data showed.
The travel rush concluded on Saturday. (Photo by Chen Wei/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
