Spring Festival travel grows at a good clip

Editor's Note: Chinese people are expected to make about 400 million trips during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, including 7 million trips abroad, compared with 386 million and 6.15 million trips, respectively, during last year's holiday. This is a new trend, as in the past Chinese people preferred staying home for family reunion during Spring Festival. Two experts share their views on the issue with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Innovation promotes traditional culture

Sun Jiashan, a researcher at the Chinese National Academy of Arts