Nearly 3 billion trips forecast for holiday travel rush

About 2.99 billion trips are expected to be made during the 2019 Spring Festival travel rush between Monday and March 1, with rail and air travel gaining significantly, senior officials said on Friday.

That would be an increase of 0.6 percent from last year's travel rush, known as chunyun. China will take multiple measures to ensure the world's largest migration of people is a smooth one, said Lian Weiliang, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, during a news conference.

The number of road trips is projected to reach some 2.46 billion, a 0.8 percent drop from last year, while train trips are likely to top 413 million during the period, up 8.3 percent year-on-year, according to the commission.