On the 12th, China will celebrate the Chinese New Year's Spring Festival.
While the Chinese government is taking strict measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, it is an unusual Chinese New Year, with more people refraining from returning home than usual.
In China, which celebrates the New Year with the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year is celebrated on the 12th, and the state-run China Central Television broadcasts a New Year's program from the 11th, which is the New Year's Eve, to celebrate the beginning of the new year.
However, every year, during the Chinese New Year, many people, including migrant workers, return to their hometowns and spend time with their families, but the Chinese government returned home after a temporary increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus last month. Is calling for self-restraint.
In addition, strict measures have been taken, such as requiring PCR tests for people returning to rural areas, and despite the first day of the seven-day Golden Week holidays on the 11th, people were sparse at Beijing stations.
The Chinese government estimates that a total of more than 1.1 billion people will move during the 40 days before and after the Chinese New Year, a decrease of more than 60% compared to before the spread of the infection.
In addition, the local government has also taken various incentives such as distributing cash to those who refrain from returning home, and in China it is an unusual Chinese New Year, in which more people refrain from returning home than usual.