Big data: How will Chinese spend Labor Day holiday amid COVID-19?

How would you spend your 2020 Labor Day holiday under COVID-19 outbreak? This year marks the first five-day Labor Day holiday since 2008 when the once "golden week" was cut to three days. And based on big data, many people already have their holiday planned.

Statistics from Ctrip.com, a major online travel platform, show the coming holiday, from May 1 to 5, is expected to see a traffic surge of 353 percent over the same period in April.