CCTV News: As the Spring Festival approaches, the festival market is hot, and online retail is booming; various departments ensure the stability of the Spring Festival travel rush, and at the same time release a number of economic positive data, China's economic vitality continues to be released.

Multiple departments introduced measures to promote consumption during the Spring Festival holiday

On January 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, and multiple departments introduced the relevant situation of ensuring the supply of the Spring Festival market and promoting consumption during the holiday. The Ministry of Commerce stated that business departments across the country have strengthened supply organization, coordinated meat and vegetable reserve release, and increased the supply of festival markets. Current monitoring data shows that before the holiday, the national daily necessities market is sufficient and abundant, and the prices are generally stable. With the launch of the "2025 National Online New Year's Festival", local governments have organized more than 400 supporting activities around the Spring Festival catering and shopping, old-for-new consumption hotspots, and online retail sales exceed 700 billion yuan. In addition, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched a series of activities such as people-friendly performances, intangible cultural heritage experiences, cultural and museum exhibitions, and the General Administration of Sports of China has released 11 boutique outdoor sports routes during the Spring Festival holiday. Various forms of New Year activities, and the continuous expansion of supply of high-quality goods and services, better guarantee the people's consumption needs during the Spring Festival.

Multiple departments actively respond to weather changes to ensure the stability and order of the Spring Festival travel rush

Data from the 2025 comprehensive transportation Spring Festival travel work team shows that it is estimated that the cross-regional flow of people in the society on January 24 is 272.74 million, of which 14.2 million are railway passenger traffic. As of 3 pm, Railway 12306 has issued a total of more than 300 million tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush.

In response to the cold wave and blizzard warning information released by the meteorological department, the relevant railway bureaus promptly launched emergency plans, strengthen line equipment inspections, ensure that the key railway equipment such as vehicles, EMUs, contact networks and other railway equipment are in good operation state, and make good reserves of personnel and materials, and make every effort to ensure the safe and smooth railway artery.

Due to snowfall and freezing of roads, some sections of roads in Xinjiang, Gansu and other provinces have been affected, and relevant departments such as transportation are doing their best to remove snow and keep smooth.

In addition, due to the heavy fog, the passenger roulette ship of the Qiongzhou Strait, which had been suspended for a while, has resumed its entire line as visibility improves. The maritime department will organize water transportation to resume flights according to weather changes, and make every effort to meet the needs of passengers and vehicles to cross the sea.

In 2024, the scale of my country's balance of payments goods and services trade increased by 7% year-on-year

The latest data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange shows that in 2024, the import and export scale of my country's balance of payments goods and services trade was 50321.8 billion yuan, an increase of 7% year-on-year. Among them, the surplus of goods trade was 5479.1 billion yuan, an increase of 30% year-on-year. As the world's largest country in goods trade, my country's status is more stable.

In 2024, my country's R&D fund exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan

The latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that in 2024, my country's total social research and experimental development funding investment was 3,613 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3% over the previous year, achieving stable growth, and the total R&D funding investment firmly ranks second in the world. Funding expenditure on basic research was 249.7 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year, achieving rapid growth.

my country's first new energy vehicle insurance guidance opinion released

The State Administration for Financial Regulation, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other four departments jointly issued my country's first new energy vehicle insurance guidance opinion on January 24, proposing a package of measures such as optimizing auto insurance pricing, promoting data sharing, and establishing a high compensation risk sharing mechanism, which clearly stated that the cost of repairing and use of new energy vehicles will be reasonably reduced and alleviated problems such as high premiums and difficulty in insured by some new energy vehicles.

my country successfully launched the communication technology test satellite 14

On January 23, my country successfully launched the communication technology test satellite 14 using the Long March 3B carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, and the satellite successfully entered the predetermined orbit. The satellite is mainly used for radio, television, data transmission and other services.

The 2025 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Congratulations on the New Year - Ancient City Celebration of New Year" event was launched

The 2025 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Congratulations on the New Year - Ancient City Celebration of New Year" was launched on January 23. More than 400 traditional New Year customs and intangible cultural heritage display activities will be held in ancient cities across the country, and 31 national intangible cultural heritage special tourism routes have been released to create a lively and festive atmosphere and promote holiday cultural and tourism consumption.