The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush has officially concluded. Many data from the Spring Festival travel rush hit record highs: the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society reached 9.02 billion, of which 7.17 billion road self-driving travel was 79.4%. Behind this number, it not only reflects the huge scale of China's population mobility, but also a barometer that witnesses the vitality of China's economic development.

At Nanchang West Station in Jiangxi, passengers are waiting for the bus in the waiting hall

The annual Spring Festival travel rush is deeply witnessing the changes in China's social and economic changes. In recent years, with the development of the economy, people's travel methods during the Spring Festival travel rush have also been changing and upgrading. The once mighty army of motorcycles is gradually "withdrawing", the flow of new energy vehicles has grown rapidly, and self-driving travel has long become the first choice for more and more people; while the high-speed rail network continues to extend, the Fuxing EMU has become a hot choice for travel with high speed and comfort, and the domestic large aircraft C919 has been put into operation. The diversified travel methods make the Spring Festival travel more convenient and fast.

The changes in transportation during the Spring Festival travel rush reflect China's solid pace towards high-quality development. When self-driving travel becomes the dominant one, it is not only the increase in the number of private cars, but also the increase in per capita household income in China, reflecting the continuous optimization of China's transportation infrastructure. Today, we have built the world's largest highway network with a total mileage of more than 5.5 million kilometers. We can proudly tell the world that looking at China along the highway will not only "go well", but also "go comfortably" all the way.

Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is a bustling

The changes in the Spring Festival transportation are a vivid epitome of the transformation and upgrading of my country's industrial structure. With the rapid development of high-speed rail and aviation, and the widespread popularity of new energy vehicles, the Chinese people's Spring Festival travel mode is undergoing a profound change from the ground to the air. It not only greatly improves people's travel efficiency, travel comfort and travel convenience, but also demonstrates my country's rapid development in the fields of high-end manufacturing, new energy and digitalization. When the comprehensive rural revitalization strategy was deepened and the construction of the "Four Good Rural Roads" made thousands of rural asphalt roads accessible, people saw remarkable achievements in rural revitalization and development.

Every year, the Spring Festival travel rush will leave a deep memory of the times for Chinese society. The new record of the Spring Festival travel rush of 9.02 billion this year is a scene picture of mobile China. It can be foreseen that with the continuous integration of high-tech technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomous driving in the future, transportation will surely move towards a new stage of intelligence, efficiency and environmental protection, and the Spring Festival travel will also be more convenient and comfortable, adding new impetus to the sustainable development of the social economy. (China Radio International Special Commentator Hesheng)