(Yicai) – As the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) draws near, an unprecedented 9 billion inter-regional trips are expected during this year's chunyun, or 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. 

Passengers have their tickets automatically checked before boarding at the Huzhou East Railway Station in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025.

Passengers have their tickets automatically checked before boarding at the Huzhou East Railway Station in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 25, 2025.

Passengers wait for their trains at the Ningbo Railway Station in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province.