China is to record 285.92 million cross-regional passenger trips on Sunday, the 14th day of the Spring Festival travel season and one day before the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the Ministry of Transport.
The number marked a 0.1 percent increase from the previous day and a 10.5 percent rise year on year.
Railway systems are expected to handle 13.95 million passenger trips, down 8.8 percent from the previous day but 4.3 percent higher from the 2025 level.
Road transport remains the dominant mode of travel, with total road passenger volume anticipated to reach 268.75 million trips, up 0.7 percent day on day and 10.8 percent year on year.
Civil aviation is expected to handle approximately 2.37 million passengers, which marks a 1.6 percent decrease from Saturday while posting a 6.4 percent rise compared with the same period of 2025.
Day 14 of festival travel rush records over 285 mln trips
Industries based on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are likely to see their scale top 1 trillion yuan (about 144.9 billion U.S. dollars) in five years, according to China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Currently, the BeiDou Satellite Navigation System has entered a phase of rapid development featuring market operation, industrial application and international cooperation.
BeiDou's high-precision services are employed across various fields, including transportation, logistics, agricultural machinery, and deep-sea fishing. Additionally, its short message service offers a reliable backup for emergency response and disaster relief.
The NDRC stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China will continue to implement the project for large-scale application of BeiDou and strive to expand the Beidou industry's scale to exceed 1 trillion yuan within five years.
In the future, China will continue to foster the development of new BeiDou technologies and products, implement major projects for the large-scale application of BeiDou by expanding its use in consumer markets, public services, and emerging fields such as autonomous driving, the low-altitude economy, and intelligent robotics, as well as enhance the quality of international services to provide secure and user-friendly public services to more countries around the world.
China's BeiDou industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan in 5 years
China's BeiDou industries to exceed 1 trillion yuan in 5 years
