January 22, 2021
Measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak have been strengthened in China's transportation system as the Spring Festival, China's Lunar New Year is nearing. The holiday, which falls on February 12 this year, will see the biggest annual human migration in the world.
According to the Ministry of Transport, a total of 1.7 billion passenger trips are expected during the holiday travel rush this year, which means 40 million trips daily.
Compared with the trips of 2019, this year's passenger trips are expected to fall 40 percent, according to Wang Xiuchun, deputy head of the ministry's transportation service department. But she added that the number is expected to increase by 10 percent compared with last year.
(Sources: The China Report)
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