Third-party help recruited to assess rush at Spring Festival

Third-party assessments will be made of the performances of transportation departments under the central government during the annual Spring Festival travel peak, or chunyun, according to a senior official.

These institutions will seek public opinion through websites to evaluate the work of government bodies on ticket sales, publicizing information, as well as looking at the operation of railway stations and airports.

The move was announced by Lian Weiliang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, at a work conference on Thursday.