Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday emphasized efforts to ensure transportation services during the Spring Festival travel rush, focus on workplace safety and social stability, and improve the quality of tourism services, ensuring people enjoy a happy and peaceful holiday.

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during an inspection tour of the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Li visited the joint duty room at the emergency command headquarters, where he extended greetings to on-duty staff and learned about duty and standby arrangements during the Spring Festival holiday.

Li noted that the Spring Festival is a time for family reunions across the nation, stressing the need to improve emergency response plans. In the event of any major emergency, incidents must be reported promptly, responded to rapidly, and handled efficiently, he said.

Through the video system, he learned about the transportation and service guarantee measures for the holiday travel rush. He pointed out that the Spring Festival travel rush is a major test to evaluate the transportation service capabilities.

Efforts must be made to coordinate transport capacity, improve passenger services, help solve practical problems for travelers, and strengthen preparations and responses to hazardous weather, he said.

Li heard briefings on safety prevention measures in key sectors, including mining, hazardous chemicals, firefighting, and major construction projects, emphasizing safety must always be of top priority.

He was also briefed on the tourism market and related work during the holiday period.