Alibaba to bring migrants home for Spring Festival

Company to charter two trains, provide free rail tickets to workers, students from poor families

Every year it can be major challenge for many migrant workers to return home during Chinese Lunar New Year, because of the limited number of train tickets.

Many end up being unable to travel back home during the country's most important annual festival as a result - but this year e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has launched a new initiative to help.