Development and Reform Commission： It is predicted that the number of passengers sent nationwide in Spring Festival travel rush will reach 2.978 billion this year.
BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Zhao Chenxin, deputy director and spokesman of the Political Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out today that the pressure on Spring Festival travel rush is still very high this year. It is preliminarily predicted that the number of passengers sent nationwide will reach 2.978 billion, an increase of 2.2% over the previous year.
On the 12th, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference to announce the macroeconomic operation and respond to hot issues. Relevant responsible comrades of the National Development and Reform Commission attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters.
Regarding the general situation of Spring Festival travel rush this year, Zhao Chenxin introduced that this year’s Spring Festival travel rush officially started on January 13th and ended on February 21st, with a total of 40 days. According to a preliminary forecast, the number of passengers sent nationwide will reach 2.978 billion, an increase of 2.2% over the previous year. Among them, road transport was 2.52 billion person-times, an increase of 1%; Railway transport was 356 million person-times, up by 9.7%; 58.3 million passenger trips in civil aviation, an increase of 10%; 43.5 million passengers were transported by water, an increase of 2%.
Zhao Chenxin said that according to the summary information, the pressure in Spring Festival travel rush is still very high this year, even higher than that in previous years, which is due to two factors.
First, the passenger pressure is greater. This year’s Spring Festival is the earliest Spring Festival in the past five years. Various colleges and universities began to have holidays one after another this weekend, and the student flow and the work flow will be superimposed. Then the pressure to ensure peak passenger flow will increase.
Second, it is more difficult to coordinate passenger transportation and transportation of key materials. Since the beginning of winter, everyone may know that the transportation demand for electric coal and northeast corn is very strong, which are related to the vital interests of the people and must be guaranteed.
In addition, the meteorological department predicts that there will be many uncertainties in the weather this winter, and there may be freezing rain, snow, fog and fog in some areas, which will affect the order of travel.
Zhao Chenxin pointed out that in order to do a good job in Spring Festival travel rush this year, in December last year, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, the State Administration of Work Safety, the Railway Corporation, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and other departments, issued the Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Spring Festival travel rush in 2017, and also held a national video conference in Spring Festival travel rush in 2017 to make arrangements for related work. Mainly deployed the following aspects of work:
In terms of capacity. The capacity arrangement of various modes of transportation has increased compared with last year, which can meet the needs on the whole. Roughly speaking, the transportation capacity of roads and waterways is relatively sufficient, and the contradiction between supply and demand in some directions during railway peak hours is still quite prominent. Civil aviation is limited by airspace resources, and there may be a shortage of tickets on some routes during peak hours.
Security. Relevant departments set up a number of inspection teams to carry out in-depth safety inspection, supervise enterprises to carry out comprehensive safety hazard investigation on lines, stations, facilities and equipment, screen enterprises and drivers, and prohibit enterprises and individuals who violate laws and regulations seriously from participating in Spring Festival travel rush.
Service. The Railway Corporation has expanded the 12306 website, optimized the online ticketing process and added automatic ticket vending machines. Relevant departments continue to carry out the activities of emotional journey, and young volunteers serve Spring Festival travel rush Warm Winter Action and migrant workers return home safely. Especially the youth volunteer activities, not only improve the service quality, but also spread positive energy, which is an important measure to improve the service quality in Spring Festival travel rush this year.
In terms of credit construction. This is a very new content. The National Development and Reform Commission has effectively combined Spring Festival travel rush with credit construction. The launching ceremony held before the press conference today is one of the important measures. The Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Credit Construction in the Field of Transportation and Travel was issued, and the "Honesty Spring Festival travel rush Public Supervision Platform" was launched, which is just launched. The railway will also introduce measures for the management of railway passenger credit records, and civil aviation formulated measures for the management of uncivilized behavior records of civil aviation passengers last year. During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the information of credit records and traffic law enforcement carried out according to these methods were combined to form a red list of trustworthy models and a blacklist of serious dishonesty, and relevant measures of joint encouragement and joint punishment were taken.
At the same time, we will continue to innovate the organization and service methods, and make new breakthroughs in passenger flow forecasting, online supervision, online ticketing, information service and public opinion monitoring by using big data, mobile Internet and other technical means, and strive to build a safe Spring Festival travel rush, a civilized Spring Festival travel rush and a harmonious Spring Festival travel rush with more accurate capacity allocation, stricter dynamic supervision, more intimate Spring Festival travel rush service and a warmer travel environment, so as to improve passengers’ satisfaction and sense of acquisition.
Finally, Zhao Chenxin said that, on the whole, all the preparations for Spring Festival travel rush in 2017 are ready.