Passengers wait to board a train at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/Xinhua)

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, reached a record of 9.02 billion, official data showed Sunday.

The figure marked a 7.1-percent increase over the same period in 2024, according to a special work team established to facilitate sound operations during chunyun, which concluded on Saturday.