BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of railway passenger trips during China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush is expected to jump 28.5 percent from the holiday season last year, industry data shows.
The 2022 Spring Festival travel rush will last from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25.
During the 40-day travel season, also known as Chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022.
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022 shows bullet trains in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)
Chinese authorities have stepped up COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the face of the twin challenges of imported outbreaks of the Delta and Omicron strains, to ensure a safe Spring Festival holiday.
With COVID-19 ravaging the world, the risk of imported cases is on the rise. Coupled with the Spring Festival travel rush, cross-regional travel will increase, resulting in a complex epidemic prevention and control situation, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).
However, the recent COVID-19 resurgence in China has been broadly stabilized, as the country managed to bring the outbreaks in some areas under control in a timely manner.
Staff members spray disinfectants on the platform of Xi'an North Railway Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022 shows bullet trains in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)
A staff member works at Xi'an North Railway Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022 shows staff members cleaning train cars at a service garage in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)
Crew members welcome a passenger boarding train No. G1724 at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)■
