Spring Festival travel rush is a major event that concerns people’s vital interests, economic development and social stability.
At the press conference on the situation and work arrangement of Spring Festival travel rush in 2024 held by the State Council Information Office on January 16th, Li Yang, deputy head of the Spring Festival travel rush Work Class of Comprehensive Transportation and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that Spring Festival travel rush is related to our families and our beautiful life. The Spring Festival is a holiday for everyone and a "big test" for people in our industry. We are confident to meet this "big exam" so that ordinary people can really travel safely, go home for the New Year and have a happy, peaceful and beautiful holiday.
The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush ended on March 5th. According to the data of the Ministry of Transport, in 2024, the cross-regional mobility of the whole society in Spring Festival travel rush is expected to exceed 8.4 billion person-times. Among them, the railway passenger traffic is expected to complete 480 million passengers; The turnover of highway personnel is estimated to be 7.83 billion person-times, of which 6.72 billion person-times (accounting for about 80% of the cross-regional turnover of the whole society) are expected to be completed by non-operating passenger cars on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways, and 1.11 billion person-times are expected to be completed by commercial passenger traffic on highways; The waterway passenger traffic is expected to be 29 million passengers; The passenger volume of civil aviation is expected to reach 83 million passengers.
Through the data, we see a flowing China.
Road self-driving "takes the main force" ??
New changes have taken place in the structure of Spring Festival travel rush.
The turnover of highway personnel is estimated to be 7.83 billion person-times, including 6.72 billion person-times of non-operating passenger cars on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways (accounting for about 80% of the cross-regional turnover of the whole society) and 1.11 billion person-times of commercial passenger traffic on highways. It can be said that most people choose to travel by car this Spring Festival. During my stay in Spring Festival travel rush, various topics about "self-driving home strategy" and "self-driving home sharing" also appeared on social media platforms, which triggered extensive discussions.
With the deepening of the construction of a powerful transportation country, the highway infrastructure is improving. The total mileage of China’s comprehensive transportation network has exceeded 6 million kilometers, with highways accounting for 5.441 million kilometers, of which expressways account for 184,000 kilometers. In 2023, 7000 kilometers of expressways will be built, rebuilt and expanded. The powerful road network makes it possible for hundreds of millions of people to drive home in Spring Festival travel rush.
This year, Colin (pseudonym) who drove home alone returned to Hunan from Guangdong. She shared the high-speed anti-sleepy coup on her social account and won the praise of nearly 4,000 people. When someone asked her why she had to drive home alone, she said, "I thought it would be more convenient to have a car back to my hometown, and I wanted to take my grandparents out to play during the Spring Festival."
At present, all qualified towns and villages in China have access to hardened roads. By the end of 2023, the total mileage of rural roads in China has reached 4.6 million kilometers. The 10-year development of "Four Good Rural Roads" has achieved remarkable results, making it more convenient for migrant workers to go home for the New Year.
In order to improve the self-driving travel experience, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Security put forward "eight measures" to ensure road travel during major holidays, and at the same time launched the "e-road unblocked" WeChat applet to facilitate passengers traveling in new energy vehicles to inquire about the location, real-time status, charging mode and other information of national highway charging facilities. If they encounter related problems, they can also click "Sunshine Rescue". In addition, the inspection and maintenance of toll station facilities and equipment have been strengthened, the rapid handling of minor traffic accidents has been carried out, and parking guidance and charging facilities and equipment supply in service areas have been strengthened.
The theme of Spring Festival travel rush this year is "Safe Spring Festival travel rush, Convenient Spring Festival travel rush, Warm Spring Festival travel rush". When the cold wave struck, many places carried out the work of ensuring traffic and smoothness. They tried their best to eliminate road obstacles and ensure the smooth road to their hometown. Residents in the vicinity of the expressway take the initiative to send free food to the returning travelers on the congested road. The beautiful vision of "people enjoy their actions and things flow smoothly" will eventually come true, and we are all on the road.
Railway civil aviation "innovation"
In 2024, Spring Festival travel rush railway passenger traffic is expected to reach 480 million passengers, reaching the highest level in the same period in history.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Spring Festival travel rush Railway. After 70 years of development, China Railway strives for the upper reaches and makes every effort to serve Spring Festival travel rush. For Spring Festival travel rush, 12306APP has launched a variety of new functions, which are convenient for different groups to purchase tickets and guarantee personalized service.
Multi-branch offices focus on "warm cards". The passenger stations of Beijing Bureau actively connect with local education departments and universities, do a good job of statistical analysis, and optimize the passenger transport organization plan; Add a student ticket window, strengthen the organization of student passengers boarding and disembarking, and prepare multi-color ribbons to distinguish suitcases with similar colors and shapes. Lanzhou Bureau builds a "sunshine channel" to serve student travelers. Nanning bureau flexibly adjusts the operation plan, and makes a good analysis and prediction of transportation capacity in view of the transportation differentiation of college students. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Fuxing ushered in the first Spring Festival travel rush, and the "Tianlu Gesanghua" literary team entered the carriage to carry out literary and art gala activities to celebrate the Spring Festival in Spring Festival travel rush.
In 2024, Spring Festival travel rush’s civil aviation passenger traffic is expected to reach 83 million passengers, reaching the highest level in history.
Many airlines said that they were welcoming the "hottest Spring Festival Golden Week". In order to do a good job in ensuring Spring Festival travel rush’s security this year, CAAC has actively guided airlines to arrange flight plans scientifically and reasonably on the premise of building a safe bottom line, so as to ensure that the transportation capacity is fully prepared and the resources are in place. It is worth mentioning that the C919 domestic large aircraft also successfully made its debut in Spring Festival travel rush. ? ?
In order to cope with freezing weather, the Civil Aviation Administration emphasized the strengthening of coordinated decision-making, the strengthening of winter operation support capacity, and the improvement of the normal flight level during Spring Festival travel rush. It is understood that in order to meet the demand for transportation capacity during Spring Festival travel rush, the Civil Aviation Administration recently implemented the optimization and adjustment of air routes in the mid-season of winter and spring in 2023/24, and approved a total of 3,198 flights per week on domestic routes, and added more than 2,500 international scheduled flights and overtime charter flights.
Extreme weather "keeps smooth"
During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, freezing rain and snow occurred in many parts of the country, especially in the central and eastern regions, which seriously affected the smooth progress of Spring Festival travel rush.
In the past 40 days, China has generally experienced two bad weather processes. Once, from February 1 to 9, a large-scale continuous rain, snow and freezing weather occurred in the central and eastern regions of China. This freezing weather has a wide impact, a large amount of snowfall, a long duration and a large area of freezing rain. The first time was from February 17 to 26, and there was also severe cooling and large-scale rain and snow weather in the central and eastern regions.
On February 1st, Li Xiaopeng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Transport, presided over a special meeting and video dispatching meeting, stressing the need to thoroughly implement the important instructions of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on disaster prevention, mitigation and relief and the prevention and response to low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters, and resolutely implement the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Prevention and Response to Low-temperature rain, snow and freezing disasters before and after the Spring Festival issued by the General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council. Fully understand the great impact of the recent nationwide freezing rain, snow and ice weather on Spring Festival travel rush’s work, attach great importance to it, be highly alert and highly responsible, do all the work to prevent and deal with it, and strive to minimize the impact of bad weather on Spring Festival travel rush, fully guarantee the people’s safe, convenient and warm travel, and ensure the smooth and efficient operation of transportation and logistics. ??
—— On the highway side, many places have adopted various operation modes such as "people take a break without stopping", "removing snow immediately after landing" and "joint snow removal", and they have interacted with each other from top to bottom to remove snow and ice.
Henan started the "hard core" snow removal mode, that is, the next step is clear, the snow stops, and "Henan efficiency" continues to dominate the screen;
Hunan Xiangxi Expressway started the intelligent ice melting system for the first time in Phoenix Hub of G56 Hangrui Expressway, a key section, to realize accurate early warning of road surface temperature and road surface icing.
In Anhui, materials and equipment for snow removal and ice melting are preset in the sections prone to snow and ice and frequent accidents, and measures such as speed reduction, time-sharing and step-by-step traffic are taken to ensure smooth traffic to the maximum extent …
When a large range of low temperature, rain, snow and freezing weather meets Spring Festival travel rush, all localities immediately start emergency plans, promptly guide all localities to carry out snow removal and deicing operations, and go all out to ensure smooth traffic.
"Free hot water instant noodles" appeared on blocked highways all over the country, and warm-hearted actions were frequently staged.
-on the railway side, railway workers in many places cleaned up the ice and snow overnight.
Wuhan Bureau organized more than 2,000 workers to sweep snow and remove ice from overhead contact lines, lines, turnouts and other equipment for 24 hours.
Jinan Bureau organized a large ice truck to de-ice several contact lines such as Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway and Jizheng high-speed railway.
Zhengzhou Bureau set up several joint operation teams to dynamically observe the operation status of outlets by using infrared thermometers and telescopes to ensure the safety of equipment operation. ? ?
Xi’ an Bureau started the emergency plan for snow sweeping and deicing, and arranged special personnel to protect the turnout sections and driving equipment after snow removal;
Guangzhou Bureau stepped up inspection and overhaul, comprehensively inspected key places such as key lines, bridges and tunnels, and ensured that railway equipment and facilities were in good condition.
At the press conference held by the State Council Press Office on February 28th, Li Xiaopeng, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that with the joint efforts of all parties, so far, the overall response of Spring Festival travel rush this year has been orderly and effective, and the overall operation has been stable, which has withstood the severe test of complex and bad weather.
Perseverance and undefeated in winter; We bloomed in the cold wind and met in spring.
Every year in Spring Festival travel rush, the years are warm. In 2024, Spring Festival travel rush ended successfully. People experienced the busyness and joy in the journey and felt the vitality of China’s vigorous traffic development. Everyone who sets foot on a trip to Spring Festival travel rush is an envoy to hope; Everyone who has contributed to Spring Festival travel rush is infiltrating the future of a powerful transportation country with sweat.
The year 2024 is the 75th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC), a crucial year to realize the objectives and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and also the fifth anniversary of the publication of the Outline of Building a Powerful Transportation Country. In the past five years, the mileage of the national comprehensive transportation network has exceeded 6 million kilometers, and China’s transportation has taken a big step from "big" to "strong" and from "good". Through Spring Festival travel rush, we can further see the "eye-catching" report card of China’s construction as a transportation power.
Spring and Jingming, everything is blooming. Spring Festival travel rush ended successfully in 2024, and a beautiful spring is slowly coming!
Let’s go, to the bright spring in the Year of the Loong. ??