CCTV News: The Ministry of Transport predicts that the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society will reach 9 billion during the entire Spring Festival travel rush. What kind of new record was set in the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush? What new characteristics are the national highway, railway and civil aviation travel? This Spring Festival travel rush, the railway entered the "paperless era", the motorcycle army "exited", and C919 "taken on duty". What economic development and social changes reflected from the "three changes" of the Spring Festival travel rush?

The railway Spring Festival travel rush has entered the "paperless era"

9 billion people have moved across regions, and the diverse travel needs are due to an increasingly safe, convenient and smart modern comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network. During this year's Spring Festival travel rush, more than 14,000 railway trains, more than 650,000 passenger vehicles, and more than 4,100 civil aviation passenger planes were invested nationwide. So, what new changes have been made during this Spring Festival travel rush? Let’s look at the railway first. This Spring Festival travel rush, China’s railway has officially entered the “paperless era”.

This Spring Festival travel rush, Guangzhou South Station, with an average daily passenger volume of more than 500,000 passengers, was surging in to print out the fare reimbursement invoices. In the past, many people needed to print reimbursement vouchers on special machines, and it took at least 10 minutes to line up to print invoices when there were too many people. From the crowded green trains to the comfort and speed of high-speed trains; from the long queues of ticket purchases all night to the online ticket purchases with a light fingertips; with the comprehensive promotion of digital electronic invoices on November 1, 2024, the railway Spring Festival travel rush has officially ushered in the "paperless ticket era". Technology changes and railway progress are reflected in a small ticket.

C919 is on duty. The civil aviation Spring Festival travel rush goes from "how many days" to "soaring the whole month"

From the perspective of civil aviation, this is the first Spring Festival travel rush after all three major airlines in my country have started the commercial operation of C919. In addition, with the driving effect of regional aviation and a series of measures such as visa facilitation and visa-free expansion of the circle of friends last year, this Spring Festival travel rush, civil aviation has upgraded from the "how many days" around the Spring Festival 10 years ago to the current "fire full moon".

This year's Spring Festival travel rush, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines have a total of 16 C919s to provide services. Among them, Air China and China Southern Airlines' C919 aircraft are both the first time they serve the Spring Festival travel rush. On the first day of the Spring Festival travel rush alone, more than 1,200 passengers were transported by China Southern Airlines C919. This has also become the first Spring Festival travel rush after all three major airlines in my country started the commercial operation of C919.

This year's Spring Festival travel rush, the national average daily flight plan exceeded 18,000, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year. Among them, regional aviation performed extraordinaryly. Data shows that as of February 17, during the 2025 Spring Festival travel rush, the civil aviation passenger throughput of small and medium-sized airports in China exceeded 22.15 million, an increase of about 8% year-on-year, and the passenger transport volume of routes in some regions increased by more than 100% year-on-year.

In addition, Spring Festival travel has also extended from China to overseas. Thanks to the positive impact of visa facilitation, the expansion of visa-free circle of friends and the continuous recovery of international routes last year, traveling to China has become a new consumption fashion. Data from the online travel booking platform shows that during this year's Spring Festival travel rush, the number of domestic flights using non-Chinese passports increased by 70% year-on-year.

Highway Spring Festival travel: Motorcycle "withdraws" and new energy charging "speeds up"

So, what are the changes in the road? More than a decade ago, a huge army of motorcycles set out from the Pearl River Delta region and rode along the national highway to Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places back home. This was once a unique memory in my country's Spring Festival travel rush. Nowadays, on the road during the Spring Festival travel rush, the motorcycle army is gradually "withdrawing", but the flow of new energy vehicles is growing rapidly.

According to statistics, there are about 14 million migrant workers in Guangxi every year, of which about 6.8 million people work outside the region. Among them, more than 90% are concentrated in Guangdong. According to statistics from the Guangdong Provincial Transportation Department, during the 2013 Spring Festival travel rush, the motorcycle army reached a peak of about 1.1 million vehicles, and has since shown a significant downward trend year by year. Now, high-speed rail has become the first choice for many migrant workers to return home.

In terms of returning to work, Guangxi plans to launch more than 1,000 special trains in the first quarter. In terms of road travel, passenger cars continue to maintain their dominant position. The traffic volume of new energy vehicles increased by nearly 60% compared with the same period.

The West Service Area of ​​Changsha, Hunan is the intersection of many highways to Chongqing, Sichuan, Hubei and other places. During the Spring Festival travel rush in the past two years, due to long queues for charging, this place was once on the hot search. But during this Spring Festival travel rush, new energy vehicles come and go, and are very busy, but the waiting time is not long before charging piles.

In order to cope with the peak passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel rush, this year the service area has installed a batch of new super charging piles in advance, which can basically increase the range of one kilometer in one second, and shorten the 200 kilometers from the original charging at least half an hour to 3 minutes of charging. For some models that do not have super charging technology, charging robots and emergency charging cars, these walking "charging piles" have a place to show their skills.