Migrant workers depart Beijing for hometowns
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-09-30 14:27

A passenger carries his pack at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing September 29, 2006. Hundreds of millions of Chinese will board planes, trains and automobiles over the National Day holiday. Six years ago China started week-long holidays centred on National Day in October, Labour Day in May and the traditional Chinese New Year in January or February as a way of boosting domestic spending. [Reuters]


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