Children ready for homecoming

Updated:13/01/12 08:39:40 AM CST

A boy smiles while riding a train with his mother in Kaili city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 2, 2012. As traditional Chinese Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) approaches, China will begin its annual spring travel on Jan 8. With 2.35 billion passenger trips expected in 40 days, the travel is the country's largest human migration every year.

A girl smiles as she looks out of the window of a train in Kaili city, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 2, 2012.

A child holds a balloon while waiting for a train home at Nanjing railway station in East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 3, 2012.

A boy waves goodbye to his relatives at the Hohhot railway station in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Jan 8, 2012.

A police officer helps a little boy to get on a train in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, Jan 8, 2012.

A woman holds her child's hand as they prepare to head back home at Nanjing railway station in East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 3, 2012.

A woman and her child eat instant noodles as they wait for the train home at Nanjing railway station in East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 3, 2012.

A passenger carries a baby while waiting for a train in Guiyang, Guizhou province, Jan 8, 2012.

A girl looks after the luggage as she waits for her parents to travel back home at Nanjing railway station in East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 3, 2012.