New Year's Day train tickets are available today! Attention! The 12306 function must be activated

From 0:00 to 24:00 on December 17, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 125 newly confirmed cases. Among them, 36 cases were imported from abroad (12 in Shanghai, 10 in Guangxi, 5 in Guangdong, 2 in Tianjin, 2 in Hunan, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Jilin, 1 in Fujian, 1 in Shandong, and 1 in Yunnan), including 3 cases converted from asymptomatic infections to confirmed cases (2 in Hunan and 1 in Guangdong); 89 local cases (77 in Zhejiang, including 69 in Shaoxing, 4 in Hangzhou, and 4 in Ningbo; 7 in Shaanxi, all in Xi'an; 2 in Guangdong, both in Dongguan; 1 in Inner Mongolia, in Hulunbuir; 1 in Shanghai, in Jing'an District; 1 in Fujian, in Xiamen). No new deaths were reported. There were 3 new suspected cases, all of which were imported from abroad (all in Shanghai).

Beijing: Guiding citizens to celebrate the New Year in Beijing

On December 17, the 136th meeting of the Beijing COVID-19 Prevention and Control Leading Group and the 87th meeting of the Capital's Strict Entry Management Joint Prevention and Control Coordination Mechanism were held. The meeting stressed the need to reduce the flow of people and minimize the risk of gatherings. Citizens should be guided to spend the New Year in Beijing and not leave Beijing unless necessary. The organization of Spring Festival travel and self-driving tours should be strengthened, and health management during the journey should be strictly enforced. In accordance with the principle of "not holding unless necessary", large-scale art performances, exhibitions and promotions, sports events and other gathering activities should be strictly controlled, offline activities should be reduced, and online group visits should be advocated.

The meeting stressed the need to provide good service guarantees for the holidays in Beijing, so that epidemic prevention can better reflect the warmth of the city, and provide good life services and humanistic care for teachers, students, migrant workers and other groups staying in Beijing.

Guangxi: Advocate celebrating the festival locally

The Command Center of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Caused by the New Coronavirus Infection in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued a notice on the health management of the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival in 2022. The notice mentioned that it is advocated to celebrate the festival locally and strictly restrict people from traveling to medium- and high-risk areas in the country and their counties (cities, districts); do not travel to overseas countries and provinces where local new crown cases have been reported within 14 days unless necessary. If you really need to go, you must report to your community (village, town) and unit before departure. You should abide by local epidemic prevention and control regulations outside the area, and when you return, you will be managed in accordance with the people returning to Guangxi.

Xi'an Yanta District adopts regional isolation control

Starting from 0:00 on the 18th, Yanta District of Xi'an decided to take control measures in the following areas: including the area east of Zhuque Street, south of Zhangba East Road, west of Chang'an South Road, and north of the South Third Ring Road.

The closed areas include Zijun Chang'an North District, Hengrui Home, Huacheng Wanxiang Phase 2, Changfengyuan Community, Xi'an No. 8 Hospital, etc. The time for lifting the isolation control will be notified separately.

2022 New Year's Day train tickets are available today

According to the arrangements previously released by the General Office of the State Council, the 2022 New Year's Day holiday will be from January 1 to January 3, 2022, a total of 3 days.

In accordance with the current national railway ticket pre-sale period of 15 days, starting from December 18, passengers can purchase train tickets for January 1, 2022 through the 12306 website, 12306 mobile client or by calling the 95105105 booking number. Starting from December 19, they can purchase train tickets for January 2, 2022, and starting from December 20, they can purchase train tickets for January 3, 2022.

Grab? Or not grab? I'm sure many people are struggling with whether to travel during the upcoming three-day New Year's Day holiday.

Local sporadic outbreaks occurred at the beginning of this month. Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Guangdong and other provinces have screened out local confirmed cases in recent days, and many areas have temporarily strengthened control measures.

Some time ago, some cities and counties also issued the initiative of "celebrating the festival on the spot". However, it is foreseeable that during the short holiday, railway stations and airports will inevitably usher in a round of passenger flow peaks.

Which cities require a negative nucleic acid test certificate to enter? What are the new policies at train stations and airports? We have sorted out the latest transportation information and hope that this guide can provide a reference for those who need to travel.

Many places require nucleic acid test results within 48 hours

At present, some cities require passengers coming from low-risk areas to provide a green health code and a green itinerary card upon arrival, and they can pass after the temperature is normal, such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu and other places.

As of the afternoon of December 17, the cities where passengers need to present a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours include Beijing, Xi'an, Shenyang, Zhengzhou, Xining, Urumqi, etc. Passengers going to Lhasa need to present a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours.

Tianjin also requires people from low-risk areas to report to the community, street, unit, hotel, etc. where they live before coming to Tianjin.

Guangzhou and Chongqing recommend that passengers from low-risk areas take a nucleic acid test upon arrival. Guangzhou recommends testing within 48 hours after arriving (returning) to Guangzhou, while Chongqing recommends testing within 24 hours after arriving (returning) to Chongqing.

On December 3, at a highway entrance in Harbin, staff checked vehicles entering the city. Source: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing

Beijing has previously made it clear that it will strengthen remote control and strictly manage entry into Beijing. People entering or returning to Beijing must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours and a green "Beijing Health Code" code before they can enter or return to Beijing. People who have a travel history in the county (city, district, banner) where one or more infected people are located within 14 days are strictly restricted from entering or returning to Beijing. People who have a travel history in the county (city, district, banner) where the land border port is located within 14 days "do not enter Beijing unless necessary."

Xi'an, Shaanxi

Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, has made it clear that people from medium- and high-risk areas and their districts and counties are strictly restricted from traveling; people from other districts and counties in the city where medium- and high-risk areas are located are not allowed to travel unless necessary, and those who really need to travel must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours. All people returning to Xi'an from other provinces must provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours.

Harbin, Heilongjiang

Harbin, Heilongjiang also issued an announcement earlier, asking the general public not to leave Harbin unless necessary. Those who really need to leave Harbin must obtain approval from their unit, community (village) and the headquarters of the county (city) to which they belong, and must hold two negative nucleic acid test results within 48 hours (with an interval of ≥ 24 hours) and pass with the green "Liaoning Health Code".

Henan

In Henan, in recent days, many places in Henan have issued notices to remind people to celebrate the festival locally, mainly to reduce the risk of epidemic transmission caused by the movement of people during the "double holidays" (New Year's Day and Spring Festival). In addition to the routine epidemic prevention and control requirements, Sanmenxia encourages people to drive private cars and return home during off-peak hours, and Xinxiang, Pingdingshan, Puyang and other cities require people returning home from outside the province to inform in advance of the specific return time, health status, travel history within 14 days and other information.

In addition, some areas in Henan mentioned in the notice that people working, studying, or doing business outside should celebrate the New Year where they are as much as possible. Those who really need to return home must report to the destination community (village) or their unit 48 hours in advance, provide detailed information such as the return itinerary, and provide proof of a negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours.

These new travel policies should be understood in a timely manner

As the "Double Festivals" are approaching, many departments have issued new policies regarding holiday travel.

On December 17, in order to strengthen the epidemic prevention and control work of tourist groups during the "Double Festivals", the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a notice requiring that until March 15, 2022, travel agencies and online travel companies will suspend cross-provincial group tours and "air ticket + hotel" businesses in and out of land border port cities (except those connected to Hong Kong and Macao).

After this round of epidemic, the railway department further strengthened the prevention and control of the epidemic. Source: China Railway

China Railway also announced a series of new changes to ticket purchases. The service hours of the 12306 website have been extended, and the daily ticket sales and change service hours of the website (including the mobile client) will be extended from 5:00 to 23:30 every day to 5:00 to 1:00 the next morning.

In order to ensure the stable operation of the 12306 system, the system will conduct maintenance inspections from 23:30 every Tuesday to 5:00 on Wednesday, during which time the online ticket sales and changes service will be suspended. The refund service will be handled 24 hours a day and will not be affected by the system inspections.

It is worth mentioning that since December 10, the railway department has also optimized and adjusted the deadline for receiving reimbursement vouchers. The deadline for receiving electronic ticket reimbursement vouchers and refund fee reimbursement vouchers has been adjusted from the original 30 days to 180 days (including that day).

That is to say, you can get the reimbursement voucher within 180 days after the ride. However, if the printed reimbursement voucher is lost or destroyed, it cannot be reprinted.

Before going to the airport, be sure to read this guide

In addition to train stations, airports are an important mode of travel for passengers. After the regional outbreak showed a trend of extending the chain of infection, the epidemic prevention and control at airports in various places have been tightened significantly in recent days.

Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, Shenzhen Airport, Zhuhai Airport in Guangdong Province, as well as Danxia Airport, which was just opened at the end of last month, have added a travel code check for passengers departing for flights in addition to temperature measurement, health code and ticket information checks.

The latest adjustment of domestic flight control in Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (as of the afternoon of December 17). Source: Baiyun Airport official Weibo

If the travel record of the departing passenger shows that the passenger has a travel history in Dongguan (the entire area) within 14 days, he/she must separately provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours, otherwise he/she will not be allowed to board the plane.

To facilitate passengers, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport has added a new nucleic acid testing point outside Gate 51 of Terminal 2. The testing time is from 07:00 to 02:00 in the morning, and the test report will be issued within 4-6 hours.

Guangdong recently lowered the overall cost of nucleic acid testing for the new coronavirus. On December 17, the nucleic acid testing fee at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport was adjusted from 65 yuan per person to 34.88 yuan per person.

In addition to Guangdong, airports in other provinces have also made corresponding adjustments to their prevention and control policies in response to this round of epidemic.

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport ranks among the top ten domestic airports in terms of throughput. Since December 17, the airport has implemented temporary closure measures on some entrances and exits and areas of the domestic terminal.

On December 16, the number of medium-risk areas in Xi'an had increased to eight (three more were added on the 17th). On that day, nearly 50% of flights at Xi'an Xianyang Airport were cancelled.

For those who do have travel plans in the near future, please be sure to pay attention to changes in epidemic prevention policies in local areas and at your destination.

Notice!

The 12306 function must be enabled

Attention passengers who have taken trains recently: In order to normalize the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic, and to facilitate passengers to receive timely information on train operation changes, passengers need to reserve their own mobile phone number and pass the system verification when purchasing train tickets.

Source: Information comes from the official website of the National Health Commission, Shanghai News, China News Network, People's Daily, China Youth Network, China Railway, Beijing Daily, Hangzhou Traffic 91.8, Civil Aviation Resources Network, etc.