National Day Holiday News Roundup: Auto Market's 'Golden September and Silver October,' Return Travel, and WTT Event in Focus

On the sixth day of the National Day holiday, nationwide travel was seeing return passenger flows. According to the Ministry of Transport, cross-regional passenger trips across society exceeded 300 million on October 5.^[5]

On the auto market front, September and October are the traditional peak sales season each year, known as 'Golden September and Silver October.' This year, new models were launched intensively in September and October, car purchase subsidies continued to be implemented in various places, and large autumn auto shows were held simultaneously in multiple locations; the auto market's performance during the National Day holiday and its overall trend for the rest of this year have drawn attention.^[1]

On the sports front, at the WTT China Smash, Chinese player Xiang Peng advanced to the round of 32.^[4] Sun Yingsha also advanced to the round of 32.^[6]

On online rumors, some netizens noticed that a blogger posted a video claiming that with an 'employee code' one could buy low-price air tickets; by simply searching a string of numbers on an online travel platform or mini-program, one could find 'welfare-price' tickets. Whether this claim is reliable sparked discussion.^[3]

In addition, the title of a report by The Paper mentioned that 'optogenetics wins the 2026 Nobel Prize' and asked which pharmaceutical companies have made arrangements and what progress has been made; the article was bylined by The Paper chief reporter Li Xiaoxiao.^[2]