Spring Festival: Smooth journey home

Millions of Chinese are on the move as the Spring Festival draws nearer.  This year has seen more journeys made already.  So far, trips home have been smooth, with no passengers being stranded thanks to effective measures taken by transportation departments at various levels. 

It's the first year that China has adopted a pilot program of printing real names on tickets.

Guangzhou Railway Station is one of the test sites.  It has prepared for any potential flaws in the system.  To help those who happen to lose their ID cards, the station has opened a counter to make temporary ID documents.

A bus full of passengers boards a vessel at a port at a port in Haikou,  capital city of south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 1, 2010. It is  estimated that the number of passengers traveling across the Qiongzhou  Strait would reach 1.52 million during the peak period of the traditional  Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)