China's Spring Festival travel rush, known as "chunyun," achieved a historic milestone on February 20, 2026, with daily cross-regional passenger trips surpassing 350 million. The Ministry of Transport reported that on this 19th day of the travel season, 352.999 million trips were recorded, marking a significant 12.3 percent increase from the previous year's Spring Festival. This surge underscores the immense scale of the annual migration, which is anticipated to facilitate a record 9.5 billion inter-regional passenger journeys throughout the 40-day period from February 2 to March 13, 2026. The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, commenced on February 17, with the official holiday extending for nine days.