STORY: Experiencing Spring Festival travel rush at railway hub in central China
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:31
LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province
2. STANDUP (English): EMIN GANBAROV, Middle school teacher in Zhengzhou

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): EMIN GANBAROV, Middle school teacher in Zhengzhou 
"Hello everyone, I'm Emin from Azerbaijan. Now we are at one of the largest high-speed railway stations in China, Zhengzhou (East) Railway Station. Its area is nearly 60 football fields.

Last December, a new high-speed railway road was launched, linking the eastern Chinese city of Jinan and the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, making Zhengzhou (East) station the most connecting directions in China. 

Today (Friday) is the first day of 'Chunyun,' the Chinese Spring Festival travel rush. More than 300 passengers depart from here per minute to travel to various parts of China.

It's predicted that during the 40 days of this year's Spring Festival (travel rush), there will be a flow of 9 billion people traveling around China using all types of transportation.

There are various ways of buying tickets. Now I'm gonna show you how to buy tickets online. So we go to the app, we choose our departure station, destination station, the date, and tap 'search,' here are the schedules for the trains.

Let's choose the first one, book the ticket, everything is in English, and you add your passport details and tap 'submit.' Easy-peasy. Let's begin our journey to Kaifeng City, one of the most beautiful and historical cities in China."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhengzhou, China.
(XHTV)