THE NUMBER

200 MILLION

Holiday season train trips in China surpassed the 200 million mark on Saturday as migrant workers and college students began returning to their jobs and universities following Lantern Festival. On Saturday. 7.88 million trips were made via the country’s railway network, up 6.1 percent from last year’s Lunar New Year, bringing the total of trips to 201.87 million during

chunyun, the peak travel period surrounding Spring Festival. This year’s chunyun began on Jan 16 and will end on Feb 24.