Photos taken on Feb. 9, 2019 shows the damaged speedboat (L) at sea area near the Phuket Island, Thailand. A total of 11 Chinese tourists and two crew members were injured after a tourist speedboat crashed with an oil barge near Thailand's southern Phuket Island on Saturday afternoon, the Chinese Consulate-General in the southern province of Songkhla confirmed on Sunday. (Xinhua)
BANGKOK, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A total of 11 Chinese tourists and two crew members were injured after a tourist speedboat crashed with an oil barge near Thailand's southern Phuket Island on Saturday afternoon, the Chinese Consulate-General in the southern province of Songkhla confirmed on Sunday.
Rescuers help to treat tourists injured in the speedboat crash accident at the Phuket Island, Thailand, on Feb. 9, 2019.
The 11 tourists are two families from China's eastern city Hang Zhou, six of whom having already left hospital while the remaining five still being treated.
The speedboat carrying Chinese tourists was on the way back from a day trip to Koh Phi Phi island to Phuket when it hit the oil barge at about 2:50 p.m. local time.
An official of the Phuket Consular Office of the Chinese Consulate-General in Songkhla visited the injured tourists at the hospital in time and called on local authority to treat them and investigate into the accident.
Children perform martial arts during the Lunar New Year celebration in the City of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 9, 2019. Lunar New Year celebration has been a tradition for Alhambra for decades. Visitors enjoy performances, services and Chinese food during the festival. (Xinhua/Qian Weizhong)
People purchase decorations during the Lunar New Year celebration in the City of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Qian Weizhong)
A girl touches a pig during the Lunar New Year celebration in the City of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Qian Weizhong)
People watch lion dance during the Lunar New Year celebration in the City of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Qian Weizhong)
People perform lion dance during the Lunar New Year celebration in the City of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, the United States, Feb. 9, 2019. Lunar New Year celebration has been a tradition for Alhambra for decades. Visitors enjoy performances, services and Chinese food during the festival. (Xinhua/Qian Weizhong)
Photos taken on Feb. 10, 2019 shows a job fair held in Jinhu County, east China's Jiangsu Province. Companies covering over 20 industries attended the job fair. (Xinhua/Chen Yibao)
People of Dong ethnic group prepare to perform during the Spring Festival holiday in Dingdong Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Long Linzhi)
Tourists taste traditional food of Dong ethnic group during the Spring Festival holiday in Dingdong Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Long Tao)
People of Dong ethnic group perform during the Spring Festival holiday in Dingdong Village of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Long Tao)
Technical malfunctions in Zhangjiazhuang, Hebei province, led to delays on Sunday, as seen on a screen at Beijing Railway Station. Some 12.52 million rail trips expected on Sunday as additional trains were added.[Photo by Liu Chang/For China Daily]
Chinese passengers crowd the Wuhan Railway Station during the Spring Festival travel rush in Wuhan city, Central China's province, on Feb 8, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Passengers are seen on platform waiting for a train at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, on Feb 10, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers check in at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, on Feb 10, 2019.[Photo/Xinhua]
China is seeing a huge, in some cases record-setting, number of travelers heading home with the end of the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday－just as snow and ice are making travel conditions challenging in many areas.
Heavy snow in central and eastern parts of the country is posing the biggest obstacle to those driving back to major cities and coastal areas. Some travelers have been temporarily stranded, and icy conditions were forecast to continue well into the week in some areas.
A view of China's homegrown C919 passenger jets at a base in Pudong, Shanghai on Feb. 8, 2019. It's the first time three of the jets have been housed under the same roof.
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong hold their gold medals after winning the pairs competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Anaheim, U.S., on Feb. 9, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong perform during the pairs free skate competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Anaheim, U.S., on Feb. 9, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)
Workers of a manufacturing plant are on duty at an industrial park in Xiajiang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 11, 2019, the first workday after Spring Festival holiday. Millions of Chinese return to work as the week-long Spring Festival holiday ends. (Xinhua/Chen Fuping)
Workers are on duty at a petroleum equipment company in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 11, 2019, the first workday after Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Tang Ke)
Workers are on duty at a fruit company at Nanfeng County of Fuzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 11, 2019, the first workday after Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Yuan Zhi)
A worker is on duty at a machinery company in Hongze District of Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 11, 2019, the first workday after Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Wan Zhen)
A worker is on duty at a company in Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 11, 2019, the first workday after Spring Festival holiday. Millions of Chinese return to work as the week-long Spring Festival holiday ends. (Xinhua/Yang Yugang)
An attendant serves passengers on a train linking Longxi County of Dingxi City and Zhangjiachuan County of Tianshui City in northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 1, 2019. The train, running at a speed about 60 kilometers an hour, serves as a commuter train for the local residents in the past 60 years. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Passengers show the luck envelopes distributed by an attendant as gifts on a train linking Longxi County of Dingxi City and Zhangjiachuan County of Tianshui City in northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 1, 2019. The train, running at a speed about 60 kilometers an hour, serves as a commuter train for the local residents in the past 60 years. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
Tourists visit the snow-covered Danxia landform in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Northwest China's Gansu Province during the Spring Festival holiday. The Danxia landform is a unique type of geomorphology formed from red-colored sandstone and characterized by steep cliffs. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Jiang)
