During the annual Chinese Spring Festival holiday, it is estimated the total passenger flow will hit more than 2 billion people times. It is the largest movement of people in a given period in the world.

An article in Beijing News says if some migrant workers can stay in the cities where they work during this holiday, it would greatly ease the traffic snarls.

But as news of the hard traffic conditions caused by snow and ice spread, more and more passengers are still flooding to railway and bus stations.

The article says their move is understandable because about 23 million children are left at home while their parents are away working in the cities. The Spring Festival is the best time in the year these migrant workers can reunite with their parents and children.

It says to urge migrant workers to stay in the cities needs the involvement of local governments. They can persuade the workers to stay by offering them longer paid vocations and entertaining them during the festival.

In the long-term, the article suggests that a policy that provides these workers with simple homes in the cities should be introduced so that their parents and children can visit them. This would effectively ease traffic conditions.

More migrant workers may be willing to stay in the cities if local governments can provide a better protection of their rights, such as low-rent houses, and compulsory education for their children.