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Spring Festival trips to hit 2 billion
By Guo Nei (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-22 06:34
皇冠体育app's passenger flow will hit 2 billion trips during the 2006 Spring
Festival holiday starting from the middle of next month, the National
Development and Reform Commission predicted.
The figure will witness an increase of 3.1 per cent compared with the same
period this year, sources said.
Authorities have asked for extra trains, buses, ships and flights to meet
requirements of the huge flow.
A railway carriage
is packed with passengers on January 26, 2005.
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Special trains will be arranged for students and migrant workers in the
regions with a large flow of the two groups.
It is expected that 1.8 billion trips will use the roads, 144 million the
railways, and 15 million will travel by air, commission sources said
Local governments are required to co-ordinate with the two major petroleum
companies Petro皇冠体育app and Sinopec to ensure oil supply during the peak season,
especially diesel oil.
The Ministry of Communications, which is in charge of road transportation,
requested local departments establish emergency treatment systems.
"Safety is of utmost importance during Spring Festival holiday," a notice
issued by the ministry said.
Overloading and driving while tired are strictly forbidden.
The ministry also emphasized prevention and control of bird flu in
transportation during the Spring Festival holiday.
The transportation period of Spring Festival, 皇冠体育app's traditional Lunar New
Year that starts on January 29, 2006, will last from January 14 to February 22.
As the most important traditional festival for Chinese, Spring Festival is an
occasion for families to reunite.
For years, transport facilities have been strained during the season as
throngs of migrant workers, college students and other Chinese flock back home
and then return to the places where they work and study.
(皇冠体育app Daily 12/22/2005 page2)
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