BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- China saw around 13.52 million inbound and outbound trips during the eight-day Spring Festival holiday that ended Saturday, marking a 2.8-fold increase from the same holiday period last year, according to the National Immigration Administration.
Border inspection agencies across China handled a daily average of about 1.69 million inbound and outbound trips during the period, the administration said.
The total entry-exit trips during the holiday returned to 90 percent of the level in 2019, according to the administration.
Border inspection agencies checked 459,000 vehicles, including ships, trains, and automobiles, representing a 1.6-fold increase from that of the same period in 2023.
Seaports, land ports and airports across the country witnessed stable and orderly customs clearance, with cross-border trips through land ports in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao accounting for 73.1 percent of the total, the administration said. ■
