China's railways will operate an average of about 13,000 passenger trains per day during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, the country's railway operator said on Wednesday in its newly released transportation plan for the holidays.
This year's travel period for the two holidays will run for 16 days, from September 23 to October 8, with October 1 expected to be the busiest day, according to the plan.
Tickets for September 23 went on sale on Wednesday, 15 days before departure.
Measures will be taken to ensure transport capacity during the holidays, including adding extra overnight bullet and sleeper trains, and attaching additional carriages to already scheduled trains.
More efforts will be made to dynamically adjust service plans and maximize capacity on popular routes.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the night when the moon reaches its fullest and brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese traditional calendar, symbolizing family reunion. The festival falls on Sept 25 this year.
China's National Day holiday, an annual seven-day public holiday running from Oct 1 to Oct 7, is known as the Golden Week, during which a large number of Chinese people travel around the country.
China Railway unveils 16-day holiday plan with 13,000 daily passenger trains
The ongoing 2026 China International Emergency Management Exhibition has brought together cutting-edge emergency technologies and intelligent equipment in Beijing, showcasing how innovation is reshaping disaster response and safety management.
The exhibition, running from September 8 to 10 at the China National Convention Center, is organized by the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management.
Under the theme "Leading the future of emergency management," the event aims at displaying advanced safety and emergency technology and equipment from home and abroad and promoting the high-quality development of the safety and emergency equipment industry.
More than 400 outstanding Chinese and foreign exhibitors, including leading technology and manufacturing enterprises and research institutes, are presenting over 400 categories of advanced equipment covering aviation emergency response, intelligent monitoring and early warning, comprehensive fire rescue and other fields, along with application scenarios and integrated innovation solutions.
One highlight is a satellite relay station that can help people trapped by natural disasters quickly contact the outside world when communication, power and transportation are cut off.
The device can be made into a small phone that starts up with one button for instant communication, or into a portable satellite base station that allows 200 people within a 200-meter range to make calls and access the internet simultaneously, enabling fast and efficient rescue communication.
The exhibition has also set up special zones for diverse innovation achievements, showcasing quality results transformed from competitions, school-enterprise collaboration and scientific research breakthroughs, to integrate industry, academia, research and application in the safety and emergency field.
As an important program for natural disaster prevention and emergency management under the Belt and Road Initiative, the exhibition has been held annually since 2023, becoming an important platform for supply-demand matching and international cooperation to promote the high-quality development of the safety and emergency equipment industry in China and around the world.
Emergency expo showcases innovation reshaping disaster response
