Zhou Xiaoli spends her 2019 Spring Festival holiday in Thailand. She takes the annual holiday as a rare opportunity to travel on her own to relax after a year's hard work.
People wait for ticket checks at Guangzhou South Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 16, 2019.
While it is regarded as an important window into the changes taking place in Chinese society, the Spring Festival travel rush in China also vividly reflects the institutional advantages of the socialist system, which enables the country to mobilize resources for major undertakings. Train conductor Chen Haiyan says goodbye to passengers at Xi'an North Railway Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan.
A mechanical engineer checks a plane at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in Guandu district to the northeast of Kunming, Jan. 15, 2020.
