Empty cities, migrant workers have gone home. Those places are empty. There aren't many people left.

As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rooster draws near, the migrant population in first-tier cities is returning home, and some say that Vivian and Kevin, who usually live in a cubicle, have become Erma and Tiezhu these days.

At the same time, the famous attractions and downtown areas of first-tier cities are usually sparsely populated with people and cars, just like "empty cities" in general. It's important to note that big cities with a population of 10 million have many local residents even after the foreign population returns home, so it's different from a literal "empty city" with almost no one there.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, all corners of Beijing are beginning to see subtle but dramatic changes in the midst of China's biggest festival. The normally crowded city of Beijing has become sparsely populated, with streets becoming quieter, the subway more spacious, and even Beijing's "landmark" congested neighborhoods becoming unobstructed.

In previous years, media reported that 15 million people flocked out of Beijing during the Spring Festival to spend the year in their hometowns, but this year's figures are not yet available, but there is usually no significant change.

What is the concept of a 15 million-strong floating population? According to data released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, the city's resident foreign population was 8.226 million as of 2015, a figure almost equivalent to the total population of London, England!

A blockage on the elevated is 1, 2 hours, catch a subway crowded with people accidentally subway came, either not squeeze up, or squeeze down. Supermarkets to buy a thing, queuing to wait for ten minutes, restaurants to eat a meal to not queuing must not dare to go in ...... This is the usual Shanghai, a city with a resident population of more than 24 million, including more than 9.8 million foreigners (as of 2015).

This year's Spring Festival, which began on Jan. 13 and lasted 40 days until Feb. 21, is expected to bring the total number of interprovincial passengers transported in Shanghai to 40.89 million, according to Jiefang Daily. For railroads, it is expected to send 11.32 million passengers; for roads, it is expected to send 4.5 million passengers; for civil aviation, it is expected to send 5.9 million passengers from the two airports; and for waterways, it is expected to send 37,000 passengers.

In 2014, the number of floating population in Guangzhou once exceeded the resident population. By the end of 2015, the resident population of Guangzhou was 13.5 million.

And this year, a writer on Yangcheng.com shared his feelings, and although it's in Cantonese, I'm sure everyone can understand it

But, according to Jinyang.com, a Mr. Zhao, who is consulting on New Year's Eve dinner at a Cantonese restaurant near the sports center, said it's recommended to book a table for New Year's Eve dinner in advance, so don't think that New Year's Eve in Guangzhou is an "empty city. "

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"Last year, our whole family ate New Year's Eve dinner in Pearl River New City, Tak Tak Chi Plaza, looked at a lot of families have to wait for a place, a wait is more than an hour, almost eight o'clock to eat the meal, usually often order a lot of dishes are out of stock." Mr. Zhao said bluntly, that meal ate more "woeful".

According to the Guangzhou travel agency industry sources, the old wide more important New Year's Eve dinner, take "reunion" meaning. Therefore, many people will eat the New Year's Eve dinner, and then travel the next day.

Shenzhen, which has a total population of more than 20 million, is also experiencing its coldest day of the year.

Shenzhen has sent 5,362,400 passengers since Jan. 13, up 6.14 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Shenzhen Spring Festival Transportation Office.

Shenzhen Traffic Police Bureau yesterday (26) disclosed that, after the traffic police big data platform tracking observation, from January 13th Spring Festival start to 26th, there have been 713,300 private cars left Shenzhen.

Among the private cars that left Shenzhen, 520,400 vehicles, or 72.96 percent, traveled to Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and the western part of Guangdong, and 193,000 vehicles, or 27.04 percent, traveled to Fujian, Jiangxi and the eastern part of Guangdong.

According to the China Business Times, some people have envisioned that if the Spring Festival "empty city" lasts for a year, "without the population to support the city, the economy will only come to a standstill, and real estate may collapse; there is no population to bring about the advantages of scale, food and beverage, services, prices will not be as cheap as they are now; Without the expansion of the population to the city boundaries, the subway and public transportation could not cover almost every corner; without the great integration of the population brought from all over the country, there could not be so many colorful experiences in the big city."

So, whether it's Erma and Tiezhu, or Vivian and Kevin, whether it's the big city or your hometown, you're all needed!