Chinanews.com, January 1 (Zhongxin Financial Reporter Ge Cheng) In another 16 days, the curtain of the 10 Spring Festival is about to open. This year's Spring Festival is from January 2024th to March 1th, a total of 26 days. What are the characteristics of this year's Spring Festival travel and what information should be paid attention to when traveling by car? At a press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council on the 3th, relevant departments responded to a series of key issues of public concern.

On January 1, the Information Office of the State Council of China held a press conference in Beijing.

A record high! About 40 billion people traveled in the 90 days of the Spring Festival

Li Yang, deputy head of the comprehensive transport Spring Festival transport work team and vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, introduced at the press conference that this year's Spring Festival transport has the following four main characteristics:

First, the cross-regional movement of people across the society will hit a record high. According to forecasts, there will be about 40 billion people traveling, visiting relatives, leisure, etc. in 90 days, which may hit a record high.

Second, there has been a structural change in the Spring Festival. The number of passenger trips in traditional commercial transport, including railways, highways, civil aviation, and water transport, is expected to be about 18.80 billion, and the remaining <>% will be self-driving trips, so self-driving trips will hit a record high.

Third, there is greater pressure to ensure smooth passage during the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, some places need to keep warm and ensure the transportation of energy materials, and the market is also the most active during the Spring Festival. In shopping and other aspects, the supply and marketing of people's vital materials are booming, and some places have begun spring ploughing production, and the flow of various goods is superimposed, and the pressure on Baotong is very great.

Fourth, the pressure of safe production is very high, which is a challenge for us. We very much hope that through our efforts, everyone will go home safely and return home for the New Year. Therefore, the theme of the Spring Festival we launched this year is "Safe Spring Festival, Convenient Spring Festival, Warm Spring Festival".

Li Yang said that the Spring Festival is related to our thousands of households, related to everyone's better life, the Spring Festival, for everyone is a festival, for our industry is a "big test". We are confident that we will meet this "big test", so that the people can really travel safely, go home for the New Year, and have a happy, peaceful and beautiful festival.

Data map: Jingxiong Expressway. Photo by China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong

Free 9 days! The number of self-driving passengers may reach 72.<> billion

Li Yang introduced that this year's free passage policy for cars on the expressway not only remains unchanged, but also from 2:9 on February 00 (Chinese New Year's Eve) to 00:2 on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), free for 24 days.

Li Yang predicts that there will be about 72.<> billion self-driving passengers this year. In terms of self-driving travel, there will be phenomena such as ultra-large traffic, prominent inter-provincial travel characteristics, self-driving travel becoming the absolute main body, longer duration, and heavier pressure on the road network during peak hours.

Specifically, in the road network, including the highway network and the national (provincial) road network, the average daily traffic volume is expected to reach 3720.7 million vehicles, an increase of 5.2% over the same period last year. The peak will occur on February 17 (the eighth day of the first lunar month), when the return peak will reach 6520.1 million vehicles, which is about 75.6270 times the average traffic volume of the road network during the Spring Festival. Among them, the peak traffic of buses will reach <>.<> million.

Li Yang suggested that everyone should pay attention to the weather conditions when traveling by car, and second, please pay attention to the road condition information and plan the itinerary reasonably. The third is to remember the 9-day free passage period. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport has launched the "e-road unblocked" WeChat applet, you can find the nearest charging pile through the "e-road unblocked", if there is a problem with the car, you can also click "sunshine rescue". If you encounter an accident, you can "call for help with one click" through the applet.

From 1:10 on January <>, China Railway implemented a new train schedule, which was the largest railway map adjustment before the Spring Festival.

It is estimated that the national railway will send 4 million passengers during the Spring Festival

In addition to self-driving, the railway Spring Festival is also the focus of everyone's attention.

Huang Xin, director of the passenger transport department of China Railway Group, introduced at the press conference that this year's Spring Festival transportation is expected to send 4 million passengers across the country, with an average of 8 million passengers per day. Compared with the 1200 Spring Festival, it will increase by 2023.37%. Compared with the 9 Spring Festival, it will increase by 2019%. The passenger flow will be characterized by an overall high-level operation and relatively stable before the festival and relatively concentrated after the holiday. Judging from the current pre-sale situation, the growth momentum of visiting relatives and tourist flows is relatively obvious.

Huang Xin said that in order to do a good job in the Spring Festival transportation work, China Railway Group will scientifically and reasonably arrange transportation capacity and launch a series of measures to facilitate and benefit the people. The relevant preparations mainly focus on four aspects: scientifically arranging the supply of transportation capacity, improving the travel experience of passengers, ensuring the transportation of key materials, and ensuring the safety and smoothness of the railway.

Specifically, the railway department will coordinate the capacity resources of the new lines and existing lines opened last year, and coordinate the capacity resources of high-speed railways and general-speed railways. On January 1, on the basis of the implementation of the new train schedule of the national railway, the Spring Festival train schedule has been specially compiled, and we will increase the capacity in the areas, directions and peak hours where the passenger flow is concentrated.

In terms of overall arrangement, the railway department arranges about 12700,12800 passenger trains every day before the festival and about 2019,14 every day after the holiday. The passenger capacity increased by 4.12% and 6.<>% respectively compared to the <> Spring Festival. At the same time, we will maintain the scale of ordinary speed passenger trains, ensure the operation of public welfare "slow trains", and ensure the accessibility, coverage and inclusiveness of passenger trains.

In addition, the railway department has also optimized and improved the railway 12306 ticketing function, optimized the change rules, and released service information in a timely manner. Strengthen services for key passengers who are elderly, young, sick, disabled, and pregnant, and open up special areas for students and migrant workers to make reservations and purchase tickets, so as to ensure the travel of key groups. At the same time, the station and train services have been optimized, and the number of convenient transfer stations in stations nationwide has been increased to 120 to facilitate passenger interconnection.

Air China added 946 flights to welcome the Chengdu Civil Aviation Spring Festival. Courtesy of Air China Southwest Branch

The number of civil aviation Spring Festival passengers is expected to exceed 8000 million

Recently, the inter-provincial tourism market is very hot, and the resumption of work during the Spring Festival will also usher in a lot of pressure on civil aviation.

Liang Nan, director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said at the press conference that in the 2024 Spring Festival, the civil aviation passenger traffic is expected to exceed 8000 million, an increase of 2019.9% over 8 and 2023.44% over 9, which is expected to hit a record high.

In order to do a good job in this year's Spring Festival transportation guarantee work, the Civil Aviation Administration of China actively guides airlines to scientifically and reasonably arrange flight plans on the premise of building a solid safety bottom line to ensure that the capacity is fully prepared and the resources are in place.

Specifically, the first is to encourage airlines to encrypt flight frequencies on the basis of meeting the support capacity, build "trunk branch connection, full network connection" domestic through flights, increase investment in international routes, especially in the air transport market of neighboring countries, accelerate the resumption of international flights, improve route flight density and network accessibility, and meet the travel needs of the people during the Spring Festival.

The second is to continue to do a good job in ensuring the smooth flow of air transport logistics, adhere to the "one thing one coordination", flexibly allocate transportation capacity arrangements, and actively coordinate and increase freight security and resource investment during peak periods to ensure the transportation of urgent and key materials. It is predicted that the average daily guaranteed flights for the Spring Festival in 2024 will reach 1,65, which is basically the same as the level in 2019 and an increase of 2023% over 24.

Domestically, in order to meet the needs of airlines to ensure the capacity of the Spring Festival, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has recently implemented the optimization and adjustment of flights in the mid-season of the 2023/24 winter and spring season, and a total of 3198,<> flights per week have been approved for domestic routes, which is to ensure the capacity investment during the Spring Festival transportation period.

In the international market, more than 2500,<> new scheduled international flights and overtime charter flights were added during the Spring Festival travel period, most of which are scheduled to be executed around the Spring Festival holiday. From the perspective of country distribution, most of the new flights are concentrated in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other neighboring countries and regions.

Liang Nan said that civil aviation will also go all out, under the overall leadership of the Ministry of Transport's Spring Festival transportation special class, to do its best to ensure that the majority of passengers can enjoy safe, convenient and warm aviation services during the Spring Festival. (ENDS)