A woman from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, waits with her baby at the Railway Station of Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 7, 2004.

China on Wednesday started its annual mass passenger transportation before its traditional Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 22 this year. During this year's peak travel season, Chinese people will make unprecedented 1.89 billion journeys by bus, train, air or ship.

(Xinhua News Agency  January 8, 2004)