The official competition schedule of the upcoming Asian Winter Games in Harbin City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was released by the event's organizing committee on Saturday.
The 9th Asian Winter Games will be held from February 7 to February 14 in Harbin, which is reputed as the "Ice City" in China for its extra-low temperatures in winter. According to the newly released schedule (version 3.0), the ice hockey and curling events of the Games will kick off ahead of the rest of the competitions considering the large number of participating countries and regions.
The ice hockey competitions will begin on February 3, while curling events will start on February 4.
Over the course of the 12 competition days, athletes from various Asian countries and regions will compete in six major events, 11 sub-events, and 64 disciplines.
Competition schedule for 9th Asian Winter Games released
A total of 297.665 million inter-regional passenger trips nationwide were recorded on Saturday, the second day of the five-day May Day holiday this year, transport authorities said on Sunday.
The figure represents a 1.7 percent increase from the same day last year and a 11.8 percent decline from Friday, the first day of the break.
Railway passenger trips rose 1.2 percent from a year ago to 19.781 million, 20.4 percent down the previous day and up 1.2 percent year on year.
A total of 273.86 million road trips were reported on the day, an increase of 1.8 percent year on year, and 11.2 percent less from the previous day.
Among them, commercial passenger trips reached 39.40 million, an increase of 14.9 percent year on year, while non-commercial passenger trips reached 234.46 million, roughly the same as the previous year.
The waterways handled 2.096 million trips, marking a 1.3 percent decline year on year.
The civil aviation passenger trips stood at 1.928 million, down 11 percent from the previous year.
China's postal sector collected 474 million parcels, up 6.3 percent from the previous day, and delivered 493 million parcels, down 4.6 percent from the previous day.
The May Day holiday, running from May 1 to 5, is typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year. During this time, millions of Chinese passengers hit the road to visit family or go traveling.
Holiday Day 2 sees 297.665 mln passenger trips
