The world's largest annual human migration — Chunyun, or Spring Festival travel rush in China — began Feb 1 and will continue through March 12.
In order to guarantee travelers' safety most staff at railways, highways and airports give up vacations during the most important family holiday to stick to their posts.
Let's meet these respected people.
Fu Hao, a station master, checks railway drainage at a small station in Quanzhou county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Feb 3, 2018. The small station only has 10 staff members, divided into three shifts to work every day. As of Feb 3, the station has had 10,688 consecutive days of safe running.
Two mechanics check the bottom of a bullet train at a maintenance base in Beijing on Feb 2, 2018. After running 48 hours, or 5,000 kilometers, the bullet train should go through maintenance inspection. At the base, more than 1,500 workers are sparing no effort to maintain high-speed trains to serve the Spring Festival travel rush.
Engineers inspect the Luokou Yellow River railway bridge in Jinan, Shandong province, on Feb 2, 2018. Built in 1912, the railway bridge has serviced travelers 106 years. In order to keep the bridge unobstructed, generations of railway engineers have worked tirelessly.
Two rail workers brave the wind and snow to check a train at a station in Weifang, Shandong province, on Feb 2, 2018.
Workers grind a rail to ensure safety of passengers in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Jan 31, 2018.
Traffic policemen check the tires of an intercity bus to guarantee passengers' safety at a service station in Chongqing on Feb 1, 2018.
A man checks a plane at an airport in Jinan, Shandong province, on Feb 2, 2018.
This article is forwarded from CHINADAILY.
