China-National Day Holiday/Travel
China-National Day Holiday/Travel
Dateline : Recent
Location : China
Duration : 1'49
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shot of railway station
2. Various of passengers in railway station
Shandong Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Aerial shot of railway station
4. Various of passengers boarding train
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shot of train running
6. Visitors at scenic spot
7. Aerial shot of village
Heilongjiang Province, northeast China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Han Dan, tourist (ending with shots 9-10):
"The speed of high-speed trains seems to increase every year. When it comes to traveling, it really feels like going anywhere in China is no longer a problem. It's incredibly convenient."
Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, northwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of passengers in railway station, boarding train
10. Aerial shot of train running
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of cityscape, traffic on expressway
Beijing, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Gao Bo, deputy director, Transport Services Department, Ministry of Transport (ending with shots 13-16):
"In terms of driving consumption growth, the daily cross-regional movement of over 300 million passenger trips has effectively unleashed consumer potential and spurred growth in both offline and online consumer services. The car rental market was particularly active this year, with 1.19 million rental vehicles deployed nationwide. The daily rental rate rose by 25 percent year on year, and the single-day peak surpassed 950,000 vehicles, setting a record high."
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Various of traffic on expressway
14. Aerial shot of cityscape, vehicles
15. Various of customers renting cars; vehicles
16. Traffic on expressway
Shanghai, China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
17. Various of night view, cityscape; vessel sailing on river; tourists
18. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu, tourist (full name not given) (starting with shot 17/ending with shots 19-21):
"The night view of the Huangpu River is absolutely stunning, with beautiful lights. It's so comfortable to stand by the boat and enjoy the evening breeze. I came here specifically during the holiday to check it out, and the whole travel experience has been great."
19. Tourists taking photo
20. Vessels sailing on river
21. Tourists, vessel
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
22. Aerial shot of airport, airplanes
23. Various of passengers at airport
24. Planes on apron, taking off
Travelers across China have made an estimated 2.14 billion cross-regional passenger trips during the Oct. 1-7 National Day holiday, up 0.7 percent year on year, keeping the country's railways, roads, waterways and airports busy, the Ministry of Transport said Wednesday.
The holiday rush was felt most sharply on the rails, where railways moved more than 150 million passengers over the seven days, nearly 22 million a day, up 12.7 percent year on year. Four new high-speed lines opened just before the holiday linked regions across the country, making spontaneous trips easier to plan.
For regular passengers on the expanding network, the growing speed of the trains has put the whole country within easy reach.
"The speed of high-speed trains seems to increase every year. When it comes to traveling, it really feels like going anywhere in China is no longer a problem. It's incredibly convenient," said Han Dan, a tourist.
That reach extended well beyond the railways, as the vast majority of the holiday movement took place on the country's roads, which carried 1.96 billion trips in total, about 280 million a day. Expressways handled an average of 64 million vehicles daily, with new energy vehicle (NEV) traffic surging 35 percent year on year.
The scale of the movement had a direct boost to the wider holiday economy, with consumer spending emerging as one of its clearest effects.
"In terms of driving consumption growth, the daily cross-regional movement of over 300 million passenger trips has effectively unleashed consumer potential and spurred growth in both offline and online consumer services. The car rental market was particularly active this year, with 1.19 million rental vehicles deployed nationwide. The daily rental rate rose by 25 percent year on year, and the single-day peak surpassed 950,000 vehicles, setting a record high," said Gao Bo, deputy director of the Transport Services Department under the Ministry of Transport.
The spending extended beyond rental counters to the water, where tourism-driven travel posted some of the week's strongest growth, with waterways recording nearly 11 million passenger trips, over 1.5 million a day, up 7.1 percent year on year. Night cruises emerged as a draw of their own, carrying more than 900,000 sightseers.
In Shanghai, sightseeing vessels along the Huangpu River carried holiday crowds late into the evening, offering passengers the city's illuminated skyline from the water.
"The night view of the Huangpu River is absolutely stunning, with beautiful lights. It's so comfortable to stand by the boat and enjoy the evening breeze. I came here specifically during the holiday to check it out, and the whole travel experience has been great," said Wu, another tourist.
Aviation carried the final leg of the week-long rush, with airlines transporting nearly 17 million passengers during the seven days, about 2.4 million daily. While hubs in major cities maintained high volumes, the steady expansion of regional airports drove rapid growth in traffic to smaller, tourism-focused destinations.
ID : 8502723
Published : 2026-10-08 13:40
Last Modified : 2026-10-08 20:02:39
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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