When Did the Highway Toll-Free Policy Start?

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Highways began implementing toll-free policies in 2012. Below are the detailed dates for highway toll exemptions: 1. First Toll-Free Period: Highways started offering toll-free travel during holidays beginning with the National Day holiday in 2012. That year coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays being merged, resulting in an 8-day toll-free period from 00:00 on September 30 to 24:00 on October 7. 2. Subsequent Toll-Free Dates: In subsequent years, toll exemptions were implemented during four major holidays: Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, and National Day. Small passenger vehicles with seven seats or fewer (including seven seats) could travel on highways for free during these periods. On September 24, 2020, Sun Wenjian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport, announced that during the 2020 National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, toll roads nationwide would continue to exempt small passenger vehicles from tolls. The specific toll-free period was from 00:00 on October 1 to 24:00 on October 8.