# Spring Festival
Latest news and articles about Spring Festival
Total: 43 articles found
Guarding the Long Road Home: Armed Police at Hangzhou East Hold the Line During Record Spring Travel
As China faces a record 9.5 billion cross‑regional movements this Lunar New Year, armed police at Hangzhou East station are combining security patrols with public‑service duties to keep a major transport hub running smoothly. Their work reflects both practical crowd management needs and the state’s broader approach of using uniformed forces to reassure the public during large‑scale population movements.
Lunar New Year Exodus Strains Hainan: Flights and Ferries Sold Out as Return Rush Drives Prices Skyward
As the Lunar New Year return peak hits, Hainan is experiencing acute transport shortages: flights from Haikou to major mainland cities are selling out and ferry crossings on the Qiongzhou Strait have no available seats. The squeeze reflects a strong inbound tourism rebound to Hainan and an asymmetric flow of passengers that has pushed outbound fares sharply higher while some inbound fares have plunged.
China's Highway EV Chargers Coped with a Surge During Spring Festival, Signalling Faster Long‑Distance Electrification
China's monitored highway charging network recorded 1.4099 million sessions and an average daily delivery of about 11.8 GWh during the first three days of the Spring Festival, up 63% year‑on‑year. The National Energy Administration reported stable operation and said it will step up monitoring ahead of the return‑trip peak.
China's Highway EV Charging Surges Over Lunar New Year, Infrastructure Holds Up — but Return Peak Looms
China logged 1.41 million highway EV charging sessions in the first three days of the Lunar New Year, with daily charging of 11.8 million kWh — up 63% year-on-year. Authorities report stable operations and plan intensified monitoring for the holiday return peak, underscoring rapid EV adoption and the need for grid and charging-network upgrades.
A Thousand Cold Kilometres for a New Year Reunion: Duty, Family and the Quiet Rituals of China’s Border Guards
A northern border garrison in China became the site of a 40-hour family reunion when a soldier who has served 19 years welcomed his wife and children for the Lunar New Year. The story symbolises the personal costs of long deployments, the logistical demands of frontier posts, and the way state media uses such vignettes to frame the PLA as both dutiful and domestically rooted.
Forty‑Five Billion Yuan and a New Front: China’s Tech Giants Turn Lunar New Year Into an AI User‑Education Arms Race
China’s biggest tech firms spent more than 45 billion yuan over the 2026 Lunar New Year in an AI‑focused red‑envelope battle that mixed cash prizes, task‑based incentives and offline vouchers. The campaign was a large‑scale acquisition and product‑education experiment whose success will be decided not by downloads or single‑night peaks but by whether users form lasting habits and remain active after the holiday.
Beijing Pumps Rmb62.5bn into Spring Festival Stimulus, Turning Smart Gadgets Into This Year’s Must‑Buy
China has launched a Rmb62.5 billion Spring Festival subsidy program that prioritises trade‑ins for affordable smart devices, offering consumers 15% rebates up to Rmb500 on phones, tablets and wearables priced under Rmb6,000. The measures aim to stimulate near‑term spending while accelerating mass adoption of connected hardware, benefiting mid‑range manufacturers and related supply chains.
China’s New Year’s Eve Moves Online: Delivery Platforms Vie for Dinner Orders as Profitability Sours
China’s major delivery platforms have turned Lunar New Year’s Eve meals into a strategic instant-retail scenario, each adopting different approaches: JD focuses on quality and service, Taobao on targeted subsidies, and Meituan on steady platform integration. Operational improvements and riders’ willingness to work through the holiday are underpinning a permanent expansion of festival delivery, even as profitability pressures force more nuanced competition.
Night Watchers of Beijing’s Spring Festival: How Fire Crews Keep a Megacity Safe While Families Reunite
Beijing firefighters forgo Spring Festival reunions to staff mobile posts and micro fire stations, maintaining strict rapid-response standards that have reduced true fire incidents despite rising call volume. Their mix of routine inspections, public education and decentralized preparedness keeps densely populated neighbourhoods safe during the holiday surge. The story highlights a governance model that relies on disciplined personnel and community-level resources, offering lessons for other megacities balancing celebration and urban safety.
Before the Lunar New Year, Beijing's Home-Help Market Booms — Yet Workers Remain Scarce
Ahead of the Lunar New Year, Beijing is seeing a surge in demand for domestic services that has driven up wages and exposed a shortage of workers. Platforms and provincial governments are stepping in with mass recruitment, training and subsidies to stabilise supply for the holiday peak.
Delivering Reunion: How China’s New Year Eve Dinners Became a Booming Delivery Market
Search interest for delivered and takeaway New Year’s Eve dinners in China surged in early February, with several hundred-percent jumps across related search terms. Restaurants and platforms are responding with dedicated delivery services, extended logistics into rural areas and new seasonal product offerings, reshaping how families consume the Spring Festival reunion meal.
Tencent Turns WeChat ‘Golden Moments’ into a Spring‑Festival Traffic Play — Yuanbao Adds Extra 10k Red‑Packet Prizes
Tencent has enabled a gold‑coloured New Year Moments effect in WeChat that activates when users publish a Yuanbao‑made greeting, and Yuanbao has added extra high‑value red packets as part of a RMB 10 billion Spring Festival campaign. The move highlights an escalating competition among Chinese tech firms to lock users into AI and payments ecosystems through festive incentives, while also exposing how WeChat’s sharing restrictions serve as a gatekeeper for third‑party promotions.