More buses and trains needed for staggered rush hour plan

As many as 800,000 commuters in Beijing will change their rush hour schedules as the new adjusted-work-hour policy kicks off on Monday.

The new policy, which applies to most government administrations in Beijing including the police, the traffic control departments and the civil affairs departments, will lead to a half-hour postponement of their working hours.

These public organizations will replace their former open hours from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm with the new working hours of 9 am to 6 pm.