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Aid sent to Xinjiang after fatal traffic accidents

The Ministry of Emergency Management has sent a working group following deadly traffic accidents that left nine dead and seven injured on Saturday night in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The accidents happened at around 10 pm on an expressway in the city of Usu in Tacheng prefecture. In total, five large vehicles and seven smaller cars were involved. The crashes occurred amid heavy fog and sub-zero nighttime temperatures that caused road surfaces to become wet and icy.

Daxing sets record for passenger trips

Beijing Daxing International Airport, a major aviation hub, set a new record as of Saturday by handling over 50 million passenger trips in a year for the first time since its opening in 2019, according to the airport. As of Saturday, the airport had managed a total of 322,500 flight movements and welcomed 50.08 million passenger trips this year, up 8.41 percent compared to last year. The number of passengers reached nearly 5.5 million, a year-on-year increase of 25.39 percent.

China Daily - Xinhua