China strives to deliver smooth Spring Festival trips after COVID-19 response shift

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China strives to deliver smooth Spring Festival trips after COVID-19 response shift

STORY: China strives to deliver smooth Spring Festival trips after COVID-19 response shift DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU HAIXIAO, Staff member, Tianjin Railway Station 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG JIASI, Staff member in Shanghai, China Eastern Airlines 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YANG JUNHUA, Staff member, Shanghai Railway Station 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SONG JUNYING, Staff member, Zhengzhou East Railway Station 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): SHEN ZHENG, Staff member, Haikou train ferry section, China Railway Guangzhou Group STORYLINE: China's Spring Festival travel rush, the largest annual human migration worldwide, is now underway, after the world's most populous country adjusted its COVID-19 response. Hundreds of millions of people are swarming train stations, airports, and coach terminals across China for family reunions during the Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 22 this year. Authorities in various parts of the c

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