英语文摘:64 mln people on China's roads Saturday

This figure is a 7.8 percent increase compared to the corresponding day last year, as millions of people began to return to work as the one-week holiday neared its end, the MOT said in a statement on its website.

The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, fell on Feb. 14 this year. It is the most important Chinese traditional festival for family reunions. Millions of Chinese journey across China during the 40-day rush period beginning Jan. 30.

Passengers queue up for tickets at the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 21, 2010. Traval peak occurred throughout China as the Spring Festival holidays ended

More than 29.6 million passengers travelled by train during the Spring Festival week from Feb. 13 to Feb. 19, up 11.9 percent from a year earlier, China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) said Sunday.

China's railways also carried 68.64 million tonnes of freight during the period, an increase of 29.7 percent compared to the corresponding week last year, the MOR said.

Passengers enter the Taiyuan Railway Station in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 21, 2010. Traval peak occurred throughout China as the Spring Festival holidays ended.