Over 230 mln passenger trips recorded on Day 8 of China’s Spring Festival travel rush
More than 230 million cross-regional passenger trips nationwide were predicted on Monday, the eighth day of China's 40-day 2026 Spring Festival travel rush, 3.4 percent more than the day before, according to the country's transport authorities.
Self-driving remains the main transport choice for people this year, accounting for about 80 percent of journeys so far. On Monday, expressways nationwide were expected to handle approximately 218 million passenger trips.
China's railway network was forecast to transport 14.25 million passenger trips on Monday, with additional overnight trains added to busy routes to accommodate the surge in demand.
Nearly 2.35 million passenger trips were expected to take to the skies on Monday, a year-on-year increase of 5.6 percent.
The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, falls on February 17 this year, and the official holiday lasts nine days.
The annual travel surge, known as chunyun and often described as the world's largest human migration, is expected to generate a record 9.5 billion inter-regional passenger trips during the 40-day period running from February 2 to March 13 this year.
