This year, Spring Festival travel rush’s ＂no fight＂ road to return home changed from ＂difficult to difficult＂ to ＂Passepartout＂

In 2024, Spring Festival travel rush was the first normalized Spring Festival travel rush after the transition of epidemic prevention and control. According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, in the 15 days before the Spring Festival travel rush Festival, the cross-regional migration of the whole society reached 3.11 billion person-times, with a daily average of 207 million person-times, an increase of 12.5% compared with the same period in 2023 (referring to the same period in the lunar calendar, the same below) and an increase of 6.2% compared with the same period in 2019, a record high in the same period in history. It is also the first time that the passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush has exceeded the pre-epidemic level since the COVID-19 epidemic. The change of transportation, the change of travel environment, the change of Spring Festival travel rush’s flow direction, and the hustle and bustle of Spring Festival travel rush reflect the great changes of the times and reflect people’s unchanging feelings of reunion. The "flowing China" is full of vitality and vitality.

First, the transformation of transportation means, Spring Festival travel rush is crowded with people.

(1) Take a high-speed train home and return home in a day.

In June, 2022, the Zheng Wan section of Zhengzhou-Chongqing high-speed railway with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour was put into operation, and the time from Zhengzhou to Chongqing was shortened from the previous 10 hours to the fastest 4 hours, which greatly reduced the time and space between North China, Central Plains and Southwest China. "From Beijing to Chongqing, I used to take a green leather car for more than 20 hours. Sometimes it takes 30 to 40 hours to meet the Spring Festival travel rush passenger train. People in the car are crowded and the ride time is too long. Sometimes the feet are swollen. " Xiao Xu, who worked in Beijing, recalled. During the Spring Festival this year, Xiaoxu and his family took the high-speed train from Beijing to Chongqing, set off from Beijing West Railway Station at 6:55 in the morning, took the G51 train through Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and Zhengzhou-Wan high-speed railway, and arrived at Chongqing North Railway Station at 1:57 in the afternoon, achieving a journey of nearly 2,000 kilometers in seven hours. By the end of 2023, the national railway mileage reached 159,000 kilometers, including 45,000 kilometers of high-speed rail. The "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed rail corridor and high-speed rail network extending in all directions made Spring Festival travel rush’s way home closer and closer.

(2) New energy vehicles appeared on the scene, and the proportion of returning home by car increased steadily.

Liu Fang, who is the boss in Linfen, Shanxi, chose to drive a new energy vehicle back to his hometown in Sichuan for the Spring Festival this year. The whole journey is more than 1,000 kilometers and the journey is more than 20 hours. "Although it is hard, my heart is practical and comfortable, and charging is very convenient." Liu Fang said frankly. In the Pearl River Delta region, the mighty motorcycle "army of fighters" was once a touching scene in Spring Festival travel rush. It was dangerous and hard to ride a thousand miles alone. During the Spring Festival this year, Hu Bin from Guangxi and Wang Qing from Xuzhou, Jiangsu both chose to drive their own new energy vehicles back to their hometown for the New Year. Data show that in the 15th day before the Spring Festival travel rush Festival this year, the number of non-commercial passenger cars mainly driven by cars reached 2.48 billion, up by 5.2% and 25% respectively compared with the same period in 2023 and 2019.

(3) The extreme weather raid and the journey home were generally stable.

This year, some places in Spring Festival travel rush suffered from extreme weather. From January 31st (the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month) to February 8th (the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month), extreme weather such as persistent rain, snow and freezing occurred in Hubei, Henan and other places, which had a certain impact on the operation of railways, highways and waterways and the take-off and landing of flights. With the joint efforts of transportation departments at all levels and railway transportation enterprises, the railway has effectively guaranteed the safe and smooth journey home in time by taking measures such as hot sliding deicing of catenary, warming operation of diesel locomotive, adjusting passenger train operation scheme, and quickly clearing ice and snow on highway, and strengthening inspection and inspection. From January 31 to February 8, the cross-regional migration of the whole society accounted for 62.8% of the 15 days before the festival, which was 1.9 and 1.2 percentage points lower than the same period in 2023 and 2019, respectively. Spring Festival travel rush’s trip home before the festival was generally stable and orderly.

Source: China Railway

Second, the travel environment has changed greatly, and the journey back home has changed.

(A) local food on the high-speed rail, "the train on the tip of the tongue" warm the way back.

There used to be "instant noodles, drinks, mineral water and peanut and melon seeds eight-treasure porridge" on the train in Spring Festival travel rush. With the development of information technology, through the "Railway 12306”APP, you can order food with one click, and there are all kinds of foods along the high-speed rail. During the Spring Festival this year, Xiao Xu’s family returned to Chongqing by G51, and selected local delicacies such as mutton Huimian Noodles, braised noodles with beans and lion’s head from Zhengzhou East Station through one-click ordering. After arriving at the station, the steaming food was delivered to the seat. At the same time, the railway department also continued to optimize the supply of train catering, and further enriched the variety of meals in combination with regional characteristics. China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. has introduced "Chu cuisine" lunch boxes such as lotus root ribs soup, steamed pork with mian yang powder, Zhongxiang Panlong cuisine and labadou pig’s trotters on more than 140 EMU trains in the tube, so that passengers can taste authentic Jingchu flavor.

(2) The waiting environment has changed greatly, and the warm service warms people’s hearts.

In the early years of Spring Festival travel rush, the railway station was crowded with people, and the waiting environment was messy. Nowadays, with the completion of high-speed rail and the progress of modern science and technology, modern railway stations have completely changed the waiting environment in Spring Festival travel rush. Walking into the Suzhou Railway Station, some people brush their mobile phones and have video chats with their families, some people browse newspapers and periodicals in the "Shuxiang Station", some people choose from the left and right in specialty stores, and some people are receiving coffee ordered by themselves. During this year’s Spring Festival travel rush, Harbin Station set up a "Hundred Years Harbin Station Art Stage" in the waiting room, and invited art groups from Heilongjiang Song and Dance Theatre, universities and other universities to perform live. At Shenyang Railway Station, the "mother’s love is 10 square meters" warm cabin, milk warmer, microwave oven, diapers and pick-up station are all in one train, which makes the mothers’ return home more warm.

Source: CCUD Cao Lin original

(3) Road and land work together to make the journey home smoother.

This year, in Spring Festival travel rush, according to the 12,306 big data of railways, the local railway departments scientifically analyzed the passenger travel demand, and timely increased the capacity in popular routes and directions by adding trains and reconnecting, so as to continuously improve the quality of passenger service. China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Corporation has implemented high-speed rail transit in the popular sections from Zhengzhou East to Luoyang Longmen, Nanyang East and Anyang East. Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Zhengzhou and other cities have actively increased the security of local traffic connections such as buses, subways and taxis, and unblocked the "last mile" of passengers’ travel. Before the Spring Festival holiday in Beijing, the operation time of Metro Line 7 connecting Beijing West Railway Station was extended by 0.5 hours in both directions from February 6 (the 27th of the twelfth lunar month) to 7 (the 28th of the twelfth lunar month), and the last bus time of Metro Line 4 connecting Beijing South Railway Station to anheqiao north station was extended to 23:53.

Third, the flow of Spring Festival travel rush has turned, and this year’s New Year is different

(A) "reverse Spring Festival travel rush", this peace of mind is my hometown.

"If you have money, go home for the New Year" has always been the theme of Spring Festival travel rush. This year, the "reverse Spring Festival travel rush", which migrates from rural areas to cities and from small towns to big cities, has become a new trend. The "new urbanites" who have taken root and settled in cities will choose to take their old people to the cities. According to the analysis of China Unicom’s wisdom footprint, the travel volume of people over 60 in Spring Festival travel rush has increased by nearly 30% this year, and more elderly people choose to go to their children’s workplaces for reunion. Their origins are mainly concentrated in Sichuan, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces, while their main destinations are first-and second-tier central cities such as Beijing, Xi ‘an, Tianjin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen and Changsha. My peace of mind is my hometown. Spring Festival travel rush has not only homesickness, but also recognition of new residence and new identity.

(B) "Wanderers become tourists", where is reunion.

With the improvement of income level and the construction of modern comprehensive transportation system, "wanderers become tourists" has gradually become a new trend in the Spring Festival this year. Three years of epidemic prevention and control and an eight-day holiday have given people more choices of destinations than in previous years. According to the data released by the cultural and tourism departments in many places, the number of tourists received during the Spring Festival this year is far higher than that in previous years, and it continues to climb. Many scenic spots have also ushered in a substantial increase in tourists, and "going north to see snow" and "going south to avoid the cold" have become hot words in the Spring Festival holiday. On New Year’s Eve, the domestic large-scale cruise ship "Aida Modu" carrying more than 4,500 passengers slowly left Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port to start a wonderful trip to the sea for the New Year.

Times change and Spring Festival travel rush changes. The evolution of transportation mode, urbanization, scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are all changing Spring Festival travel rush. "This peace of mind is my hometown", and Spring Festival travel rush is also changing our lives. Behind the "flowing China" is a vibrant and steaming China.

China City and Small Town Reform and Development Center

Pan Zhaoyu, Director and Researcher of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Remarks:

(1) The 15 days before Spring Festival travel rush Festival refers to January 26th (the 16th of the twelfth lunar month) to February 9th (New Year’s Eve).

(2) The data of Spring Festival travel rush are all from the data released by the Ministry of Transport.

References:

(1) Ten changes in Spring Festival travel rush. Xinhua News Agency, February 8, 2024

(2) What are the characteristics of Spring Festival travel rush’s trip when the cross-regional personnel flow reached 3.11 billion in the first 15 days? CCTV News Client. 2024-02-12

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