Amidst the laughter, China ushered in the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit.

China has optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention and control policies, and its economic vitality and potential have been further demonstrated and released.

Foreign media and international people have seen a vibrant and vigorous China from the Chinese Spring Festival.

　　Spain's "Le Monde" quoted data from the Ministry of Transport of China and reported that the total number of passengers during the Spring Festival travel season in 2023 is expected to be about 2.095 billion, an increase of 99.5% over the same period in 2022 and a return to 70.3% of the same period in 2019.

According to the report, on the first day of this year's Spring Festival travel season alone, China's railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation sent nearly 35 million passengers, an increase of 38.9% over the same period in 2022.

According to the report, Shanghai's airports and railway stations have resumed the bustling scene before the epidemic, and "there are long queues in front of the check-in counters again."

　　Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" reported that the Chinese Spring Festival tourism market is gradually heating up.

Data show that during the Spring Festival, tourism product bookings will increase by 40% compared with 2022, and per capita tourism expenditure will increase by more than 50% year-on-year.

Air ticket orders during the Spring Festival have increased by about 15% year-on-year, and the number of air ticket bookings for more than 60% of domestic destinations in China has surpassed that of 2022.

　　Qatar's "Gulf Times" website reported that with the accelerated implementation of the "Class B and B Management" measures, the flow of people across regions has accelerated, and in addition to the concentrated release of travel needs such as returning home for the New Year, visiting relatives and friends, and sightseeing accumulated over the past three years of the epidemic, China The economy is gradually recovering, and the Spring Festival is a good time to boost consumption.

　　According to a Reuters report, Chinese consumers plan to go out to spend significantly, Chinese movie theaters are expected to usher in the busiest day of the year, and the catering industry is looking forward to returning to the lively and busy 2019.

　　The British "Financial Times" reported that China has optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention and control policies, making it easier for residents to travel abroad, and business travel has surged, bringing more possibilities for investment and trade exchanges.

　　Lin Jiewuta, founder and executive director of Cambodian Fresh News, said that this year’s Spring Festival is the first after China’s optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures. .

　　The US Consumer News and Business Channel reported that economists are optimistic about China's long-term growth prospects.

The report quoted an analysis by Goldman Sachs Group as saying that China's economic growth will reach 5.2% in 2023 due to the adjustment and optimization of prevention and control measures and allowing greater population movement.

As travel returns to normal, China's economic growth will lead to economic growth in China's surrounding areas.

　　Humphrey Moshi, director of the China Studies Center at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, said, "The Chinese economy will drive global economic and trade recovery and push the world economy out of the haze of the epidemic as soon as possible."

　　Villen Phetchaon Paddy, director of the Thailand-China "Belt and Road" Research Center, said that the lively atmosphere and strong consumption during the Spring Festival have proved the correctness of China's optimization of epidemic prevention and control measures.

With the further recovery of personnel, capital, and trade exchanges, it is believed that the Chinese economy will achieve a strong recovery and achieve more results this year.

　　Najila Azarouni, a senior researcher at the UAE Trend Research and Consulting Center, said that the Spring Festival is a festival for family reunion and celebration together, and it is also the beginning of a new year of regrouping and starting again.

"I look forward to returning to China as soon as possible and continue to explore China full of diversity."

　　(Newspaper Madrid, Dubai, Bangkok, Jan. 23)