Press conference on ＂Happy Sichuan Year-Travel through Sichuan＂

On January 18th, the Information Office of Sichuan Provincial Government held a press conference on "Happy Sichuan Year-Traveling through Sichuan with Ease". It was learned from the meeting that the situation in Spring Festival travel rush in Sichuan in 2023 is complicated and the task is arduous. Mainly during and after the Spring Festival, especially before and after the Lunar New Year’s Day and Lantern Festival, there will be peaks of passenger flow such as "returning to work", "working flow" and "student flow" respectively. It is predicted that the total number of passengers in Spring Festival travel rush will reach 92.39 million this year, up by 36% compared with last year. Among them, roads, railways, civil aviation and waterways account for 70.35%, 20.56%, 7.35% and 1.74% of the total passenger flow respectively.

How will Sichuan do a good job in various transportation guarantees during Spring Festival travel rush?

It is related to all aspects of everyone’s travel-

Can I find a rechargeable parking space when I drive a new energy vehicle back to my hometown for the New Year?

Is there a traffic jam in Xichang, Leshan, Ya ‘an, Kangding and other popular tourist spots?

Can I return the ticket free of charge due to railway responsibility or force majeure?

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These questions will be answered by this press conference.

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Can I find a rechargeable parking space when I drive a new energy vehicle back to my hometown for the New Year?

At the press conference, Ning Jian introduced that in order to facilitate Spring Festival travel rush, about 700 new charging parking spaces were added in the expressway service area to ensure the travel of new energy vehicles.

Sun Zhen, chief engineer of the Provincial Transportation Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Corps (Expressway Administration Bureau of the Transportation Department), said that with the rapid growth of new energy vehicles, by the end of 2022, there were 123 pairs of charging piles in service areas in the province, covering 20 cities (states) in the province, and a charging network for intercity travel has basically been formed.

"In order to ensure the travel of new energy vehicles during Spring Festival travel rush, we will strengthen the maintenance of charging piles and persuade non-new energy vehicles occupying charging parking spaces in time. When there is an overload queue charging, we will inform the nearest charging point through the display screen and guide board, and provide emergency power service. " Sun Zhen said.

Is there a traffic jam in Xichang, Leshan, Ya ‘an, Kangding and other popular tourist spots?

"The demand for visiting relatives and friends and traveling abroad during the Spring Festival will become the peak of travel." At the press conference, Ning Jian said that Sichuan will meet the needs of visiting relatives and going to the market in rural areas by encrypting the frequency of classes, extending operating hours and strengthening the response to appointments. At the same time, by strengthening the monitoring of trunk road network and urban road operation, especially for popular tourist directions such as Xichang, Leshan, Ya ‘an and Kangding, timely release information on road conditions and congested slow-moving sections, guide self-driving personnel to reasonably choose travel routes, times and destinations, avoid peak trips, and do a good job in refueling, charging, dining and toilet services in service areas.

Can I return the ticket free of charge due to railway responsibility or force majeure?

At the press conference, Yao Qian, Vice Minister of Passenger Transport Department of China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd., introduced that during Spring Festival travel rush, the weather conditions in the departure and arrival areas were provided to passengers in time through 12306APP. At the same time, passengers could return their tickets for free due to railway responsibility or force majeure.

Yao Qian also reminded that the railway cancels the restriction that students can only buy discount tickets during the winter and summer vacations. Student travelers can buy no more than four student discount tickets at any time in a school year, and do not record the number of discount tickets repeatedly.

In addition, according to the newly issued railway passenger transport regulations, children’s discount tickets are implemented according to their age. Each adult passenger can bring a free child from 0 to 6 years old (inclusive); Children aged 6 (excluding) to 14 can purchase discount tickets for children.

Is there a bus to get to the airport late at night?

"The peak of civil aviation transportation is expected to appear in these three weeks, and the average daily passenger throughput of airports in the province will exceed 200,000 passengers." At the press conference, Cui Tangmin, director of the Transportation Department of Sichuan Civil Aviation Supervision Bureau, said that Tianfu Airport will cooperate with Chengdu Transportation Bureau to open two new night airport bus lines to facilitate citizens to travel at night.

In addition, Cui Tangmin introduced that in order to cope with the surge in passenger flow, routes were encrypted at popular airports such as Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, Luzhou, Yibin and Mianyang. At the same time, all civil aviation units in Sichuan actively promote the resumption of international/regional passenger routes, encrypt the flight schedules according to passenger demand, and meet the travel needs of the people to the greatest extent.

Is it convenient to take a bus back home for the New Year?

At the press conference, Wei Ping, a first-class researcher of the Road Transportation Administration Bureau of the Department of Transportation, introduced that all qualified buses were put into Spring Festival travel rush through testing, with a total capacity of 308,000 conventional buses and 7,000 emergency buses, which can basically meet the travel needs of the masses. "If it is not enough, we have also established an inter-provincial and inter-city transportation support mechanism. The temporary transportation capacity of cities and counties is short, and the transportation capacity can be seconded according to the norms to fully protect the travel needs of the people."

Wei Ping introduced that in order to serve migrant workers returning home and returning to work, Sichuan invested 406 long passenger vehicles; Serving rural areas to visit relatives and friends and investing 27,000 rural passenger vehicles; Serve the scenic spots and invest 7000 chartered cars; The service hub station will transfer and transfer, with a total of 274,000 buses, taxis and network cars, and 13 urban rail transit; Personalized high-end travel was provided, and 3,999 customized passenger vehicles were invested.

He reminded that Sichuan will make full use of the active safety intelligent prevention and control system and satellite positioning monitoring system to monitor the whole process of passenger cars, strictly manage the score of "people, cars and households", and take rigid measures such as stopping vehicles and stopping drivers to prevent dangerous behaviors such as speeding, overloading and fatigue driving.

What should I do if there is a traffic accident on a rural road?

"We are all on duty, strictly implement the 24-hour duty standby system, and increase the intensity of road command and guidance." At the press conference, Yang Jun, director of the Propaganda Department of the Traffic Police Corps of the Public Security Department, introduced that the police force is very nervous to protect the urban areas and national and provincial trunk roads during the Spring Festival. In addition to the police, the township police stations should also take the road to direct and guide.

"Most rural roads are narrow and prone to simple traffic accidents. After the accident, the traffic police on duty nearby will go to the scene in time. For those who can’t arrive at the scene in time in a short time, they will instruct both parties to take photos first and then move the car quickly. It will not affect the passage and avoid causing traffic congestion." Yang Jun said that for some rural roads that are too narrow and have difficulties in passing traffic, a single cycle will be implemented, and rural "two stations and two people" will be organized to strengthen persuasion and duty.

Will there be a courier outage in Sichuan?

Tang Jun, deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of the Provincial Postal Administration, answered at the press conference that during the Spring Festival, factories and enterprises were on holiday, and a large number of people returned home for the New Year or traveled abroad, and the demand for express delivery services by the society and the masses generally decreased. According to the data of the past two years, the average daily business volume of the whole province during the Spring Festival holiday is about 10%-20% of the normal state.

"We believe that at present, it is in the critical period of epidemic prevention and control optimization, and the people’s demand for delivery of medical materials, epidemic prevention materials and people’s livelihood materials is still very urgent." Tang Jun said that Sichuan will guide and urge postal enterprises to provide universal postal services continuously and stably; Guide and urge major brand express delivery enterprises to reasonably promise service items according to the actual delivery needs in different regions, announce service arrangements during the Spring Festival in advance, coordinate the capacity of the whole network, and arrange the necessary number of business outlets and operators to ensure the effective operation of the brand service network.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and the flavor of the year is already strong.

Whether you go home for the Spring Festival or go out for fun.

Be sure to pay attention to travel safety.

Have a happy and safe year!