As the Spring Festival travel peak approaches, China is giving special care to its large number of rural workers by providing round-trip ticket service next year, so as to ensure a smooth home-going and safe return for multitudes of rural workers during the festival.

A source from the railway department said that rural workers can purchase round-trip tickets from railway stations in major cities like Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhou or Hangzhou, which are either hinge cities or cities with large trafficking of rural workers.

According to the new policy, an enterprise with more than 100 rural workers can apply for group booking of hard-seat train tickets for its employees.

The return ticket for rural workers will be marked by the word "Return" on its face, and the respective seal of the employee's enterprise. A special seal for finance will be found on the back.

The railway department will collectively deal with rural workers' ticket booking services from January 11 to 31, while the return trip period will span from February 10 to 20. Covered stations will set up specific booths to handle this service.

(CRIENGLISH.com December 29, 2007)