On January 27, reporters learned at the 2026 Anhui Provincial Spring Festival travel rush (chunyun) work conference that chunyun will run from February 2 to March 13, 2026, lasting 40 days. During this period, Anhui's interregional passenger flow is forecast at approximately 521 million trips, a historic high.

Preliminary forecasts indicate Anhui's interregional passenger flow during chunyun will be about 521 million trips, up 6.5% year‑on‑year. Commercial transport by road, rail, water and air is expected to carry around 57 million passengers, up 3.5%. Provincial expressway exit traffic is projected at about 71 million vehicle exits (an average of roughly 1.78 million per day), an increase of about 9%; passenger vehicle exits account for approximately 63 million (about 1.58 million per day), up 9.4%.

To address tidal passenger‑flow patterns, Anhui's transport authorities will ensure robust transport services for large passenger volumes. They will establish communication mechanisms with rail and civil aviation operators to strengthen information sharing on train and flight schedules, arrival times, and passenger numbers, and to better coordinate trunkline transport with urban transit—especially for handling passengers arriving at night. At the same time, capacity will be increased to popular tourist cities and attractions, and direct shuttle buses and point‑to‑point charter services will be provided where needed to meet travel and tourism demand.

Anhui's transport authorities have required service‑area operators to strengthen supplies of fuel, hot water, and food, and to ensure safe management of parking, fueling, and charging services. Mobile charging units will be added at service areas with heavy traffic, staff will be assigned to guide drivers, and vehicle parking and charging order will be regulated to guarantee charging availability for new‑energy vehicles; during peak times drivers may be directed to charge at opposite‑direction or adjacent service areas. Mobile restrooms will be added as needed, cleaning frequency increased, and hygiene and ventilation maintained to effectively ease long restroom queues during high passenger volumes.

Source: Anhuinews.com