China reported 337.47 million inter-regional passenger trips on Friday, the first day of this year's five-day May Day holiday, according to transport authorities on Saturday.
The figure represents a 1.4 percent increase from the same period last year and a 52.9 percent increase from the previous day.
Railway passenger traffic rose 7.5 percent from a year ago to 24.844 million trips.
Road trips reached 308.54 million, an increase of 1 percent year on year.
Among them, commercial passenger trips represented 42.19 million journeys, an increase of 6.9 percent year on year, while non-commercial passenger vehicle trips reached 266.35 million, an increase of 0.1 percent year on year.
The waterways handled 1.761 million trips, marking a 6.8 percent increase year on year.
The civil aviation passenger numbers stood at 2.325 million trips, down by 0.9 percent from the previous year.
China's postal sector collected 446 million parcels, and delivered 517 million parcels, down 14.4 percent and 9.8 percent from the previous day, respectively.
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.
China sees over 337 million passenger trips on 1st day of May Day holiday
With China assuming the rotating presidency on Friday, the United Nations Security Council will focus its work in May on revitalizing the authority of the UN Charter and the role of the United Nations, while advancing the political settlement of the Middle East issue, and promoting the stability and development of African countries.
Briefing reporters on the Security Council's priorities for May, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the Security Council for May, made the statement on Friday.
In recent years, the world has been witnessing growing turbulence in the international landscape, with conflicts increasing, divisions widening, and the multilateral system, along with international law, under considerable strain, he said, urging the international community to take urgent actions to uphold the authority of the UN Charter and strengthen the role of the United Nations to prevent the world from "relapsing into the jungle" and "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war".
In this context, Fu said, the Security Council will convene a high-level open debate in May under the theme of upholding the purposes and the principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centered international system.
Security Council to focus on UN's role, Middle East, Africa in May: Chinese envoy
