Ministry of Transport: From October 1 to 7, the total number of people moving across regions across the whole society was 2.142 billion

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on October 8, data from the Ministry of Transport showed that from October 1 to 7, 2026, the total number of people moving across regions was 2.142 billion, an average of 306 million people per day, an increase of 0.6% over the same period (average daily average of 8 days during the Mid-Autumn Festival National Day holiday in 2025, same below). Among them:

The total railway passenger traffic volume was 151.87 million, an average of 21.7 million passengers per day, an increase of 12.7% over the previous year. The cumulative number of people moving on highways (including the number of non-commercial passenger cars traveling on highways and ordinary national and provincial highways, and commercial highway passenger traffic) was 1961.82 million, an average of 28.26 million passengers per day, a decrease of 0.3% over the previous year. Among them, the cumulative number of commercial highway passenger traffic was 287.11 million, an average of 41.02 million passengers, an increase of 7.0% over the previous year; the cumulative number of non-commercial passenger passenger trips on highways and ordinary national and provincial highways was 1674.71 million, an average of 239.25 million passengers per day, a decrease of 1.4% over the previous year. The total number of waterway passengers carried was 10.93 million, with an average of 1.56 million daily passengers, an increase of 7.1% over the previous year. The total passenger volume of civil aviation is 16.92 million, with an average of 2.42 million passengers per day, which is basically the same as the previous year.

On October 7, 2026 (7th day of the National Day holiday), the number of people moving across regions throughout society was 29.07.91 million, down 4.2% from the previous month, and 0.1% lower than the same period in 2025 (October 8, the 8th day of the Mid-Autumn Festival National Day holiday, same below). Among them:

Railway passenger traffic was 236.60 million, up 9.5% month-on-month and 8.8% year-on-year;

The number of people moving on highways was 263.73 million, down 5.1% from the previous year, down 0.9% year on year (including 44.54 million commercial highway passenger traffic, up 3.2% from the previous month, up 3.8% year on year; the number of non-commercial passenger car passengers traveling on highways and ordinary national and provincial highways was 219.19 million, down 6.7% from the previous year, down 1.8% year on year);

The number of passengers carried by waterways was 915,000, a year-on-month decrease of 33.6% and a year-on-year increase of 0.2%;

The passenger volume of civil aviation was 2.486 million, which was basically the same from month to month, with a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.

This article was selected from the “Ministry of Transport” WeChat account, Zhitong Finance Editor: Chen Wenfang.