The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, known as the world's largest annual mass migration which centers around the Chinese New Year, officially ended on Friday, with around 9.4 billion trips made by land, sea, and air across China.
The Ministry of Transport reported that road passenger flows are set to reach an estimated 8.736 billion trips, while railway passenger trips amounted to 538 million.
In addition, waterway passenger volume is expected to hit an estimated 35.95 million trips and the civil aviation sector expects to handle 94.39 million passenger trips.
China sees 9.4 billion trips during 40-day Spring Festival travel rush
Several explosions were heard in western and eastern areas of Tehran on Friday night as Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes on the Iranian capital.
Video footage captured by China Media Group (CMG) showed explosions near Iran's Defense Ministry.
"I'm CMG reporter Li Jiannan, and I'm currently in the northeastern part of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. As you can see in the direction I'm pointing, it's around 22:00 local time on the 13th, and explosions just occurred several hundred meters away from our reporting point, with thick smoke billowing from there," Li said from the scene.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later announced that its air force had launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tehran.
Iran's Semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that the city's air defenses had been activated to counter hostile U.S. and Israeli targets.
Explosions rock Tehran as Israel launches new round of attacks
Explosions rock Tehran as Israel launches new round of attacks
