#CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(220117) -- RUIAN, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Passengers queue up to board the train G868 at Ruian Railway Station in Ruian, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 17, 2022. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Photo by Sun Lin/Xinhua)