Intense snow disrupts traffic in north China

Several places in north China encountered heavy snowfall brought by cold air, which seriously impacted local traffic.

Blowing snow weather occurred at 10:00 on Thursday in Yiwu County, Hami City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with gusts reaching force 10 that could reach 28 meters per second, severely impacting local transportation.

This also led to an accumulated snow of over 30 centimeters on some roads, with more than 90 vehicles trapped.

As soon as they knew the situation, local police rushed to the scene with snow removal tools, and helped vehicles to pass snowy stretches of road.

Intense snowfall also hit Hegang City of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Wednesday. In its urban area, the local authorities deployed staff and machinery to clear the snow right away to ensure travel safety and normal production.

"As soon as the snow started, we immediately dispatched staff and snowplows to clear the road so as to ensure residents' travel. Then we removed the snow on the roads right away after the peak period," said Lu Jing, deputy director of Dongshan District Urban Management Bureau.

Since Wednesday night, Jilin City of northeast China's Jilin Province saw heavy snowfall as well, which caused disruption on railway transportation.

To cope with the situation, local railway department activated contingency plans by using snow blowers to clear the snow on tracks, and opening more counters for passengers to refund or change their tickets.

The railway service returned to normal at noon on Thursday when the snow basically stopped.

Intense snow disrupts traffic in north China

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