The traffic flow on China's transportation network remains high on Friday, the third day of the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday season.
The national railway system is expected to handle 18.25 million passenger trips on the day, with an additional 929 trains arranged to accommodate the demand.
In response to the surge in passengers, the railway departments have promptly optimized and adjusted the capacity allocation. The Nanchang Bureau of China Railway has planned to add 206 passenger trains, mainly medium and short-distance ones, while the Wuhan Bureau has introduced a schedule for the addition of 197 passenger trains on popular routes.
In terms of highways, it is estimated that the traffic volume on national expressways will reach 61.7 million vehicles on Friday, mainly for medium and short-distance trips.
The Road Network Monitoring and Emergency Response Center under the Ministry of Transport said that the charging stations in some service areas would be under great pressure due to the relatively high demand for power replenishment of new energy vehicles. Friday's charging peak is between 10:00 to 21:00.
The national civil aviation system is projected to handle 2.37 million passenger trips nationwide on Friday, up 7.3 percent year on year, with 18,946 flights expected to be operated, up 8.69 percent year on year. The airports have increased check-in counters and security check channels to ensure passengers can move through quickly during peak hours.
Also on the day, a total of 1.95 million passenger trips are estimated on China's waterways, an 8.47 percent increase over the same day of last year.
Traffic flow remains high across China on 3rd day of 8-day holiday
The "soft landing" of the China-EU electric vehicle case will greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
He Yongqian, the spokeswoman, made the remarks after China and the European Union (EU) agreed on the necessity of providing general guidance on price undertakings for Chinese companies exporting battery electric vehicle (BEV) passenger cars to the EU.
"China and the EU simultaneously announced on Monday that they had achieved positive outcomes following multiple rounds of consultations on the EV case, a development that has drawn wide attention at home and abroad. Industry players from both sides have 'highly welcomed and fully endorsed' the outcome, saying the 'soft landing' of the case is expected to greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment. Some EU politicians have described it as a positive step toward building a sustainable China-EU trade relationship, and said it demonstrated that resolving trade differences through partnership remains feasible," she said.
"Against the current international backdrop, China and the EU, acting in a spirit of mutual respect and within the framework of WTO rules, have properly addressed the EV case, which is of significant positive importance. The outcome will not only contribute to the sound development of China-EU economic and trade ties and help safeguard the stability of the global automotive industrial and supply chains, but will also send a clear and strong signal that both sides are willing to uphold a rules-based international trading order, setting a good example for countries to resolve differences through dialogue and consultation and injecting greater certainty and positive energy into global economic growth," she said.
"China appreciates the spirit of dialogue showed by the EU side and stands ready to work with the EU, building on the current positive outcomes, to further implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two sides, maintain dialogue and communication, and support stable industrial and supply chains on both sides, continue to deepen cooperation on the basis of market principles, and make active contributions to the global green transition," she added.
"Soft landing" of China-EU EV case to significantly boost market confidence: MOC spokeswoman
"Soft landing" of China-EU EV case to significantly boost market confidence: MOC spokeswoman
