Chinese transport hubs are running a cultural campaign for Chinese New Year, offering seasons greetings based on travelers surnames to those making their way around the country during the Spring Festival travel rush, known as "chunyun" that runs from Feb 2 to March 13 this year.
The campaign was rolled out at passenger terminals, railway stations and airports in cities including Xiamen and Shanghai.
The campaign blends traditional Chinese New Year customs with surname culture and travel services, offering activities such as surname printing, Spring Festival couplet writing and lantern riddles.
In Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, organizers distributed surname-themed bookmarks and festive gift bags to travelers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, fostering a sense of shared heritage and joint celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Surname campaign rolled out at Chinese transport hubs during Spring Festival rush
Venezuela is working to stabilize consumers prices and ensure domestic supply in response to U.S. sanctions by further improving domestic productivity.
Long-standing sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry have hindered the country's ability to generate adequate foreign currency, leading to heightened inflation and significant shortages of essential imported goods.
In shifting its focus towards increasing domestic production rather than depending on exports, Venezuela has managed to stabilize prices for some goods, said Juan Carlos Valdes, an economist.
"Although the blockade has severely damaged the Venezuelan economy, it has also forced us to manufacture our own goods. Because we cannot buy from abroad, we have to focus on local production, and this shift has stabilized prices in various sectors," he said.
Valdes said that investment in domestic manufacturing is contributing to reducing inflation.
"There is no doubt that local production is helping to slow inflation. We hope that ultimately it will not only curb inflation but also achieve complete price stabilization in Venezuela," he said.
Angel Arteaga, the manager of an 80-year-old state-run edible oil factory, said that the production in the factory has continued uninterrupted despite U.S. attacks earlier this year.
"Our production remains steady and has not been impacted by the U.S. military actions. We refuse to raise product prices or costs just because of unforeseen factors or variables," he said.
Data from the Venezuelan Ministry of Food indicates that by the end of 2025, the country had achieved 97 percent food self-sufficiency through domestic production.
In an earlier speech, Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez said that overall consumption in the county in January increased by 32 percent compared to the same period last year.
Consumer prices stable in Venezuela as focus turns to enhancing domestic productivity
