Passengers rush to catch trains at Fuzhou Railway Station in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast China’s Fujian Province, on Thursday. The 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, starts Friday and will last until Feb. 18. Chinese people are expected to make 3 billion trips during the period, a slight increase over last year, Zhao Chenxin, vice secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission and spokesman of the commission, said at a press conference Thursday.China News Service