CCTV News: The May Day holiday has just passed, let’s take stock of this holiday with data. Looking at travel, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport that during the May Day holiday, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to be 1.467 billion, with an average daily average of 293 million, an increase of 8% year-on-year. On the 5th, the fifth day of the holiday, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society is expected to be 269.45 million, an increase of 13% year-on-year.

Transportation has ushered in a peak return trip, among which the passenger flow from the railway continues to rise. Railway departments in various regions have accurately increased the deployment of transportation capacity, strengthened service guidance in all aspects such as ticket purchase, waiting, boarding, transit, and transportation connection, properly responded to bad weather, and ensured safe and orderly travel for passengers. Beijing South Railway Station has added 16 outbound gateways to improve passenger outbound efficiency. Beijing Station takes measures to not close the station at night, and set up a special waiting area for passengers at night to provide waiting services for passengers who do not leave the station at night after arriving at the station in the early morning and at night.

In terms of highways, the peak of return passenger flow was reached on the 5th, with an estimated turnover of 244.93 million people on the road. The traffic flow from medium to long distance return and short distance return are superimposed, and the congestion is prominent in time. In order to ensure the charging service of new energy vehicles, the transportation, power and other departments in Suqian, Jiangsu, Jining, Shandong and other places have organized personnel to strengthen the inspection of hidden dangers of charging facilities, and continuously inspect important lines through drone inspections, infrared temperature measurement and other technologies to further improve power safety. In Jiangxi, a large number of tourists come to watch the fireworks performance every day during the holidays. In order to better facilitate tourists' parking, local traffic police planned the diversion route in advance, set up guidance signs at key intersections, and effectively guided vehicles through on-site command and real-time dispatch to ensure smooth roads.

In terms of civil aviation, 2.32 million passengers are expected to be transported on the 5th. During the May Day holiday, the national civil aviation is expected to send a total of 11.15 million passengers, with an average daily number of 2.23 million, an increase of 11.8% over the same period in 2024; it is expected to provide a total of 91,000 flights with an average of 18,147 flights per day, an increase of 5.5% over the same period in 2024; the flight normal rate is expected to be 89%, an increase of 1.97 percentage points over the same period in 2024.

During the holidays, popular airports for domestic travel mainly include Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Beijing Capital Airport, Shenzhen Bao'an Airport, Chengdu Tianfu Airport, Beijing Daxing Airport, Chongqing Jiangbei Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, etc.

The cumulative number of passengers transported by railways exceeded 100 million

In terms of railways, since the May Day holiday transportation started on April 29 to May 4, the national railways have sent a total of 112 million passengers, an increase of 10.5% year-on-year, and transportation is safe, stable and orderly. Yesterday, the return passenger flow of railways continued to rise, and the national railway is expected to send 21.1 million passengers.

The railway departments in various regions have accurately increased the deployment of transportation capacity, strengthened service guidance in all aspects such as ticket purchase, waiting, boarding, transit, and transportation connection, properly responded to bad weather, and ensured safe and orderly travel for passengers.

On the 5th, the highway flow is expected to be 244.93 million

In terms of highways, in May, highways in various places also ushered in a peak return passenger flow, with an estimated 244.93 million highway flow. The traffic flow from medium to long distance return and short distance return are superimposed, and the congestion is prominent in time.