On the first day of the National Day holiday this year, 31.75 million passengers are expected to be sent by highways and waterways across the country, including 31 million passengers by highways, up 25.71% month on month; The waterway is expected to send 750000 passengers, an increase of 76.72% month on month. It is understood that in order to ensure the safety of people traveling on water during holidays, the maritime department has carried out safety inspection on passenger ferries to be put into operation during the holidays, and put an end to the "sick" navigation of ships. During the holiday, 281 passenger ferries and 19 inter provincial passenger ships (7200 passengers) will be put into operation on the Yangtze River trunk line. The Changjiang Maritime Safety Administration carried out safety inspection on the waters along the 212 river crossings, requiring passenger ferry companies and crew members to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures, make daily port entry and exit reports for ferries, pay close attention to weather changes, and prohibit overloading and risky sailing in bad weather. (Liu Xinshe)