Chinanews.com, February 26. Zhou Min, deputy director of the Emergency Management Office of the Ministry of Transport, said on the 26th that the 2022 Spring Festival travel ended yesterday. In the 40 days of the Spring Festival travel, a total of 1.06 billion passengers were sent across the country, with an average of 26.5 million passengers per day, a year-on-year increase from 2021. 21.8%, only 35.6% of the normal year before the epidemic (2019).

On the 26th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the situation of epidemic prevention and control and vaccination.

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　　On the 26th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the situation of epidemic prevention and control and vaccination.

A reporter asked at the meeting: The 40-day Spring Festival has ended, and 1.06 billion passengers have been sent across the country. Please tell us about the overall situation and characteristics of this year's Spring Festival passenger flow, as well as the effects of transportation services and epidemic prevention and control?

　　In this regard, Zhou Min said that the 2022 Spring Festival travel has ended yesterday. Overall, this year's Spring Festival travel is stable and orderly, and the passenger flow presents the following characteristics:

　　First, in terms of total passenger flow, a total of 1.06 billion passengers were sent across the country in the 40 days of the Spring Festival, with an average of 26.5 million passengers per day, a year-on-year increase of 21.8% compared with 2021, and only 35.6% of the normal year before the epidemic (2019).

　　Second, in terms of the composition of passenger flow, the impact of student passenger flow on the Spring Festival travel is lower than in previous years due to the impact of colleges and universities avoiding peak holidays and starting school in batches.

The passenger flow during the Spring Festival is mainly for work and family visits, and has tidal characteristics. Affected by the epidemic, the domestic tourist flow during the Spring Festival holiday has decreased compared with previous years.

　　Third, in terms of time distribution, the pre-holiday passenger flow is mainly concentrated from January 27 to 30, the peak occurs on January 29, the number of people is nearly 30 million, and the post-holiday passenger flow is mainly concentrated from February 6 to 9, and 2 From January 16th to 20th, the peak days are February 8th and February 19th, and the number of people is also around 30 million.

　　Zhou Min also said about the Spring Festival travel service and the effectiveness of epidemic prevention and control.

Judging from the actual situation, all relevant departments in various regions adhere to the principle of "preventing import from outside, and preventing rebound from inside", refine and implement the requirements for epidemic prevention and control, strengthen epidemic prevention and control in all aspects of transportation such as entering stations, waiting for trains, and traveling by car, and strictly implement disinfection and ventilation. Measures such as temperature measurement and code scanning, and control of passenger occupancy rate have prevented the spread of the epidemic through passenger terminals and transportation vehicles, achieving the established goal of not spreading the epidemic due to the Spring Festival.