CCTV News:Spring Festival travel rush ended on February 15th, 2023, and the data released yesterday (February 16th) by the Spring Festival travel rush Work Class of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism. In 2023, there were 40 days in Spring Festival travel rush, and the total social mobility was about 4.733 billion person-times. Among them, the business passenger traffic was about 1.595 billion passengers, an increase of 50.5% over the same period in 2022 and a recovery to 53.5% in the same period in 2019.
In terms of railways, the data released by China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. yesterday showed that during the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the national railways sent a total of 348 million passengers, which has now recovered to 85.5% of the same period in 2019.
In China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. Transportation Dispatching Command Hall, the reporter saw the curve of Spring Festival travel rush passenger flow displayed on the big screen. This red line represents the passenger flow this year, which has been greatly improved compared with last year. In 40 days in Spring Festival travel rush, the national railways sent a total of 348 million passengers, with an average of 8.7 million passengers per day, including 11 days with more than 10 million passengers per day.
Qiang Lixia, Head of Passenger Transport Marketing Department of China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. Passenger Transport Department:Before the holiday, family visits and tourist flows were the main ones, and the passenger flows in Beijing, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta were relatively concentrated. After the holiday, the return flow, work flow and student flow are the main ones, and the passenger flow in Chengdu, Chongqing, Northeast China, Hunan and Hubei is relatively concentrated.
During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the national railways operated 9410 passenger trains every day, an increase of 6.8% compared with the same period of 2019, and a total of 2990 night high-speed trains were operated, an increase of 845 trains compared with the same period of 2019, which effectively guaranteed the travel demand of passengers.
This year, while the passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush has greatly increased, the railway freight volume has also continued to increase, which has provided important support for ensuring the national economy and people’s livelihood and the stable operation of the industrial chain supply chain.
During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the transportation guarantee of key materials was strong. This is Huangcun Freight Yard, a freight center in Daxing, Beijing. Before the Spring Festival, 100,000 pieces of household appliances, food, department stores, grain and oil and other new year goods arrived here from Guangzhou, enriching the supply of the capital holiday market.
At the same time, Datong-Qinhuangdao Railway, Haoji Railway, Wari Railway and other major coal transportation channels have increased the operation of 10,000-ton trains. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, 62,000 vehicles were loaded on coal every day, up by 7% year-on-year, ensuring people’s warmth and safety in winter.
Data show that during the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the national railways loaded 172,000 vehicles daily, up 0.2% year-on-year.
On the highway side, the expressway traffic has exceeded the historical level in the same period, and it has continued to run at a high level.
In Spring Festival travel rush this year, the total traffic of expressway network passengers and trucks reached 1.384 billion vehicles, which was 15.40% and 17.77% higher than that of Spring Festival travel rush in 2022 and 2019, respectively. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the number of self-driving trips reached a record high. On January 27th, the number of passenger cars on the expressway reached 60.291 million, a historical peak.
He Zhigao, Deputy Director of Road Network Management Office of Highway Bureau of Ministry of Transport:In terms of regional distribution, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces have a large traffic volume within the province, while Hebei, Anhui and other provinces have a large traffic volume across provinces.
In addition, the daily average traffic volume of trucks in Spring Festival travel rush this year reached 4.67 million, with obvious characteristics of "falling before the holiday and rebounding after the holiday". Especially since February, the truck traffic has recovered rapidly, reaching 5.91 million vehicles per day, increasing by 0.54% and 24.44% respectively compared with the same period in Spring Festival travel rush in 2022 and 2019.
In terms of waterway transportation, data released yesterday showed that in 2023, Spring Festival travel rush sent a total of 22.452 million waterway passengers. Among them, the total passenger traffic of Spring Festival travel rush in Qiongzhou Strait reached a new high.
During the period of Spring Festival travel rush this year, there were 10,405 ro-ro ships, 4,052,000 passengers and 1,027,000 vehicles entering and leaving the Qiongzhou Strait, increasing by 22.3%, 56.4% and 45.9% respectively compared with last year, reaching a record high. In order to cope with the peak passenger flow in Spring Festival travel rush, the maritime department has taken many measures to maintain the safe and smooth water traffic in Qiongzhou Strait.
In terms of civil aviation, the Civil Aviation Administration introduced at the press conference held yesterday that, as the first Spring Festival travel rush after the epidemic prevention and control entered a new stage, the passenger traffic of civil aviation in Spring Festival travel rush increased substantially this year, the transportation of key materials was smooth, and the flights operated smoothly and orderly.
In 40 days in Spring Festival travel rush, 55.23 million passengers were transported by civil aviation, which was 39% higher than that in Spring Festival travel rush last year, and recovered to 76% before the epidemic (2019).
Shang Kejia, Deputy Director of Transportation Department of Civil Aviation Administration:536,000 flights were guaranteed, with an average daily flight of 13,000, up 15% year-on-year, and the recovery ratio exceeded 80%. The average load factor was 74%, up 10 percentage points year-on-year. The normal flight rate was 96%, which was the same as last year and 16 percentage points higher than before the epidemic.
From the perspective of single-day passenger traffic, it reached 1.79 million on January 27, setting a single-day high in the industry since May 6, 2021. In terms of airports, there are 66 airports whose passenger throughput has recovered to more than 90% in the same period of Spring Festival travel rush in 2019, of which 54 airports have recovered to more than 100%. From the perspective of popular routes, the demand for routes between cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Sanya and Chengdu is strong, and Beijing — Sanya and Guangzhou — Shanghai and Shenzhen — The passenger load factor of the top 15 passenger traffic segments such as Chengdu exceeds 85%.