[2,501 tourist trains were launched in the first eight months of this year, and special trains for many places are constantly updated] September 19th, the reporter learned from the China Railway Group today (19th) that from January to August this year, the national railways carried 3.32 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%, setting a record high for the same period in history. An average of 11,508 passenger trains were scheduled to run on national railways every day, a year-on-year increase of 5.0%. In the first eight months, cross-border passenger traffic increased significantly. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway carried 23.408 million cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%. The China-Laos railway carried 245,000 cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 39.1%. The national railways carried 16.683 million foreign passengers, a year-on-year increase of 33.3%. (CCTV News)