Holiday traffic flows have surged on the first day of the combined National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival break, ongoing from October 1 to 8.
Regions across the country are implementing multiple measures to ensure transport capacity, maintain traffic order, and guarantee travel safety through various means of transportation.
In maritime transport, Qiongzhou Strait, which separates Guangdong Province in southern China from Hainan Island, has maintained order amid a significant increase in passenger numbers.
On Wednesday, the first day of the holiday, some 69,100 passengers and 17,600 vehicles had crossed the strait from 00:00 to 15:00, representing a year-on-year increases of 17.35 percent and 17.26 percent respectively.
To cope with the surge in passengers and vehicles, Haikou maritime safety administration has set up a special desk for "ro-ro" (roll-on/roll-off) passenger ship routes and is providing escort services for these routes.
In road transport, the expansion and upgrade of expressways has drastically eased regional traffic pressure.
In northwest China, the Qingzhong section of the G30 Lianyungang-Khorgas Expressway in Lanzhou fully opened on Wednesday, upgraded from four to six lanes to better accommodate holiday traffic, reducing transit time through the Lanzhou section from 50 to approximately 30 minutes.
The new section can divert 30 percent of truck traffic from Lanzhou's urban area, significantly easing surrounding traffic pressure. Notably, it also connects cultural and tourism resources like the Sichuan Ancient Pear Orchard and Qingcheng Ancient Town, providing greater convenience for holiday travel.
Railway transport has also picked up, with the China Railway Qinghai-Xizang Group in southwest China achieving a historic milestone. It recorded 102,000 passenger trips, setting a new single-day record on Wednesday. During the entire holiday period, the company is expected to handle 830,000 passenger trips.
In terms of passenger flow distribution of the company, long-distance traffic is mainly concentrated on popular routes from northwest China's Xining to southwest China's Chengdu and Chongqing, while short-distance traffic within the system is focused on routes like Xining to northwest China's Delingha, demonstrating strong regional travel demand.
China's National Day holiday sees traffic peaks across transport categories
