Chinanews.com, January 20th. Wang Xiuchun, deputy director of the Department of Transportation Services of the Ministry of Transport, said on the 20th that according to the current situation of domestic and foreign epidemic development, as well as some related policies issued by various regions, combined with ticket pre-sales and recent changes in passenger flow According to the situation, it is estimated that around 1.7 billion passengers will be sent during the National Spring Festival in 2021, with an average of 40 million passengers per day, a decrease of more than 40% from 2019 and an increase of more than 10% from 2020.
Data map: Passengers leave the station in an orderly manner.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
On the 20th, the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference on the epidemic prevention and control situation around the Spring Festival.
A reporter asked at the meeting: the Spring Festival holiday is approaching, the flow of people is increasing, and the concentration of people is increasing. What is the expectation of the passenger flow of the Spring Festival this year by the Ministry of Transport and how will it respond to the pressure of the Spring Festival to prevent and control the epidemic?
"This year's Spring Festival Transport Festival is different from previous years. It is the first Spring Festival transport season for the normalization of epidemic prevention and control. We have also been tracking, analyzing and judging the passenger flow of this year's Spring Festival Transport," said Wang Xiuchun.
Wang Xiuchun pointed out that according to the current situation of the epidemic situation at home and abroad, as well as some related policies issued by various localities, combined with the pre-sales of tickets and the recent changes in passenger flow, it is estimated that around 1.7 billion passengers will be sent during the National Spring Festival in 2021, an average of 40 million per day. The number of visits decreased by more than 40% from 2019 and increased by more than 10% from 2020.
Although the passenger flow has dropped significantly compared with previous years, it has doubled compared with the current passenger flow, and the pressure of the Spring Festival transport is still relatively high.
Wang Xiuchun stated that in order to do a good job in the prevention and control of the Spring Festival travel season, ensure that the epidemic does not spread due to the Spring Festival travel season, and ensure the healthy and safe travel of the people in a stable and orderly manner, in accordance with the decision and deployment of the State Council, a special work class for the Spring Festival travel period has been established under the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council. The Ministry of Transport and 15 departments and units including Development and Reform, Health and Health work together to share information in a timely manner, discuss and judge changes in the prevention and control situation of the Spring Festival Transport, study and formulate prevention and control strategies for the Spring Festival Transport, and coordinate the prevention and control of the Spring Festival Transport.
Mainly carry out the following work.
The first is to reduce the concentrated flow of people and implement peak-shift and peak-avoid travel. According to the characteristics of major passenger flows such as labor flow, student flow, and tourist flow, according to the local government’s new year on-site, returning to work, and avoiding peaks, make an appointment. Under the requirements of relevant policies such as limited reception tourism, strengthen the docking of information, the transportation department strengthens transportation organization, scientifically allocates transportation capacity, and reduces the concentrated flow of personnel.
The second is to reduce the gathering of personnel and improve the standards for the prevention and control of passenger transportation epidemics.
The main purpose is to increase the frequency of disinfection and ventilation of passenger terminals and transportation vehicles, implement real-name ticket purchases, check seats, strictly implement temperature measurement, wear masks, and "one-meter line" prevention and control measures, control load factors, and strictly implement international flight fusing, etc. Measures.
The third is to formulate an epidemic classification response plan, and promptly initiate a response to distinguish three different situations such as sporadic epidemics, local clusters of epidemics, and large-scale outbreaks, centering on transportation organization, safety emergency, prevention and control measures, passenger flow research and judgment, information release, etc. The work focus and work requirements are clarified, and local governments are instructed to formulate emergency plans in advance, prepare emergency supplies and personnel, and respond in a timely manner in the event of a situation.
The fourth is to adhere to the "personal defense", strict imported cold chain logistics and epidemic prevention and control of immigrants.
Continue to urge and guide enterprises engaged in imported cold-chain logistics and imported high-risk non-cold-chain container transportation, strictly implement relevant regulations on protection of employees, disinfection of transportation vehicles, continue to implement the general requirements of "cargo opening and closing" in inbound transportation, and strictly implement Prevention and control measures and closed-loop management of entry personnel.