More than 13,000 vehicles remained in line for ferry transportation from Hainan province on Thursday evening due to heavy fog that continued to affect normal ferry services at Haikou ports, local authorities said.
As the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, a halt of ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait due to heavy fog created lengthy traffic jams, obstructing more than 10,000 cars that were leaving the southern China region.
A local Hainan steel plate transporter Xinying F069 submerged after colliding with passenger roller Haikou 9 at 00:46 am on Feb 22 at the waters of the New Hai'an Port waterway in Xuwen, Guangdong province, with five people from F069 falling into the water.
As the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, a halt of ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait due to heavy fog created lengthy traffic jams, obstructing more than 10,000 cars that were leaving the southern China region.
Hainan took the stage for the first time at the gala, with an eight-minute performance at the Sanya sub-venue that stunned millions of Chinese worldwide.
The Chinese Sports Temple Fair, the first of its kind in China, officially opened Feb 16 at Haitang Square in Sanya, China's Hainan province.
The Department of Culture, Radio, Television, Publication and Sports of Hainan Province announced at a Feb 13 news conference that the cultural carnival for the 2018 Spring Festival will include more than 40 activities.
