The country's annual Spring Festival rush -- the biggest human migration on the planet -- is now officially underway and set to be bigger than ever, with close to 3 billion trips expected to be made between January 21 and March 1. Called "Chunyun," it's the 40-day period when Chinese people head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year Spring Festival with their families. STR/AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesState-run media Xinhua reports that China -- already possessing the world's longest rail network -- launched 10 new railways at the end of 2018 to deal with this year's Chunyun rush. Meanwhile, Lian told media 4,787 pairs of train services will operate before the Lunar New Year holiday and 4,860 after. Liu Xiaoming, vice minister of transportation, told media China now has 4.86 million kilometers of road as of the end of 2018, on which drivers of electric cars will find 7,400 charging stations.

Source: CNN January 22, 2019 10:40 UTC