Lu Port will gradually restore port operations from January 8th, and about 60,000 Hong Kong people can enter the mainland every day.Hong Kong society is generally welcomed to clear the two places, and hopes to increase places in the future.
Hong Kong and Mainland China, which have been closed for nearly three years, will finally restore port operations from Sunday (January 8). At that time, about 60,000 Hong Kong people can enter the mainland every day.Hong Kong society is generally welcomed to clear the two places, and hopes to increase places in the future.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao announced the details of customs clearance with the mainland at a press conference on Thursday (5th).According to the arrangement, from Sunday, there are 50,000 Hong Kong people (including overseas passports) in the north of the three land ports of Shenzhen Bay, Wenjindu and Luomazhou, but they must make an appointment for the designated period and pass at the designated port.
Another 10,000 quota must go north through the Hong Kong and Macao terminal, China Port Wharf, Airport and Hong Kong -Zhuhai -Macao Bridge.Hong Kong people can travel with tickets at four ports without appointments. The maximum passenger volume depends on its own carrier capacity.However, a small passenger car needs to make an appointment through the north of the Hong Kong -Zhuhai -Macao Bridge.
Mainland people who go south to Hong Kong are also arranged in accordance with the same measures, that is, from Sunday, about 60,000 people (including overseas passports) can enter Hong Kong every day.In order to prevent cross -infection of the epidemic, people who go back and forth must be detected 48 hours before departure, and the negative can pass.
As for the Hong Kong people in the mainland and the mainland people in Hong Kong, the two places to return to the two places, the two governments agree that such people do not calculate the limit.They do not need to make an appointment, they can return to Hong Kong at any time or return to the mainland at any time.
Li Jiachao said that after the customs clearance, about 60,000 people can reach the mainland every day. There are 1.8 million people a month, and 3.6 million people in two months, accounting for about half of the total population of Hong Kong.The Hong Kong Government will review the actual operation with the mainland, and then decide to further increase the number of people and corresponding arrangements.
Li Jiachao said: "We will closely pay attention to the customs clearance situation, and the Guangdong Provincial and Shenzhen Municipal Government, as well as the port office, review the actual operation to ensure safety, orderly and smoothness, in order to decide to further increase the number of people and corresponding arrangements."
Hong Kong has close relations with the mainland, and there are a large number of people traveling between two places every day before the epidemic.Among them, land ports are the largest customs clearance methods of the two places. The daily flow of people can reach 400,000 to 500,000 daily flow before the epidemic.However, affected by the epidemic, the ports between Hong Kong and the mainland have been closed since February 2020, which not only seriously affects the people's livelihood in Hong Kong, but also creates the Hong Kong economy.
Hong Kong society is generally welcomed to clear the customs on Sunday, and many people want to return to the mainland as soon as possible after the customs clearance.After the online appointment system with the mainland customs clearance was officially opened on Thursday at 6 pm, many people had to wait when they logged in to the system. They failed to enter the pages entering the personal data. They could successfully enter the page of filling the information after about half an hour.
Hong Kong Executive Council member and member of the Legislative Council of the Civilian Federation, Lin Jianfeng, described that the customs clearance of Hong Kong and the mainland is the best New Year gift from the central government to Hong Kong. It is hoped that the official will gradually increase the quota to more than 100,000 daily around the new year.
Lin Jianfeng believes that the tourism industry in Hong Kong is expected to recover in a few months. It is recommended that the Tourism Bureau cooperates with travel agencies, shopping malls, restaurants and retailers to launch promotion and discounts for visiting Hong Kong.
Wu Junfei, a researcher at the Hong Kong China Economic and Cultural Development Promotion Association, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the epidemic situation in mainland China is still serious.People need.But near the Spring Festival, many Hong Kong people want to return to the mainland for celebration. It is estimated that the demand will increase at that time, and the two governments of the two places may increase the number of people.
Wu Junfei pointed out that Lugang customs clearance has a huge positive effect on the Hong Kong economy.Taking the four major industries of Hong Kong as an example, in addition to the financial industry, logistics and trade industries have been significantly depressed in the past three years, they are expected to rebound after the two places are cleared.As the mainland people who came to Hong Kong in the early days of customs clearance wanted to buy medicines and vaccines, he suggested that the Hong Kong government prepared to increase the supply of drugs.
