Passengers await ticket inspection before boarding trains in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province on January 5. Photo: VCG
The 2023 Chunyun is expected to reach 70.3% of the pre-epidemic level in 2019 as passenger volume increases following the optimized epidemic response: Ministry of Transport. About 2.09 billion passenger trips, up 99.5% from 2022 level, will be made. Chunyun starts on Saturday.