Shanghai, China - April 30, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of passengers at railway station

Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, east China - April 30, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Nanjing Railway Station
3. Various of passengers at railway station
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yan Meng, passenger (ending with shot 5):
"I'm just passing through from Zhejiang (Province). Since schools there are on spring break, I'm taking my kid to travel. We set off early, because if we wait until the May Day holiday, the 1st and 2nd of May would be way too crowded."
5. Various of passengers at railway station
6. Various of passengers on platform
7. Screen showing train information

Horgos City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China - April 30, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Port of Horgos
9. Various of travelers at Port of Horgos
10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) He Ying, traveler:
"I’m traveling abroad to see and explore different places. I want to record the beautiful experiences along the way."
11. Various of travelers at coach station
12. Various of coaches, travelers getting on coach

China's railways and expressways are set to receive growing numbers of tourists as the five-day May Day holiday is to start on Friday.

Many holiday-makers have already left for their tourism destinations one day ahead to avoid the travel peak expected to come on Friday and Saturday.

"I'm just passing through from Zhejiang (Province). Since schools there are on spring break, I'm taking my kid to travel. We set off early, because if we wait until the May Day holiday, the 1st and 2nd of May would be way too crowded," said Yan Meng, a passenger at Nanjing Railway Station.

China's railways are expected to handle 158 million passenger trips during the May Day holiday travel period -- an eight-day travel rush from April 29 to May 6, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd said on Wednesday.

During this period, an average of 12,000 passenger trains are scheduled to run daily. May 1 is projected to be the busiest day, with an estimated 24.5 million passenger trips -- the holiday's peak single-day figure.

In northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, many tourists are traveling to Kazakhstan through the land port of Horgos.

With the mutual 30-day visa-free agreement between China and Kazakhstan, many domestic and international tourists are traveling through the port daily.

"I'm traveling abroad to see and explore different places. I want to record the beautiful experiences along the way," said He Ying, a Chinese tourist.