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Chen Guoji, director of the Hong Kong Department of Government Affairs, said that the Hong Kong government is currently discussing the opening of more free cities in Hong Kong with mainland China.

Comprehensive reports of Hong Kong Commercial Radio and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" and other reports, Chen Guoji said in an interview with a radio program on Saturday (February 17) that currently 49 residents of mainland cities can pass throughGo to Hong Kong freely.The first batch of free travel to Hong Kong is the first -tier cities in mainland China. However, in response to the rapid development of the mainland in recent years, the Hong Kong Government welcomes the relaxation of free travel policies, so that residents of second- and third -tier cities in mainland China can also go to Hong Kong through free travel.

Chen Guoji said that he also hopes to implement the relevant policies as soon as possible, but it is not determined by the Hong Kong government, and he must reach a consensus with the mainland.

Hong Kong freedom is a complete open tourism policy for the Hong Kong Government to implement mainland tourists for financial income.The first batch of free travel in the mainland opened in July 2003. In September of the same year, the mainland and Hong Kong signed specific commitments on the field of open service trade. Residents in 10 regions including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have been traveling to Hong Kong to travel in Hong Kong since 2004EssenceWith the continuous liberalization of policies, 49 cities in 22 provinces and cities have implemented the policy of personal freedom of mainland residents to Hong Kong in Hong Kong, covering 250 million mainland residents.

When talking about the arrangement of some ports in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year, Chen Guoji said that such arrangements cannot be normalized, depending on demand, otherwise there is no traffic in Hong Kong and the mainland on both sides of the mainland.Tools make citizens unable to go home and waste resources.

Chen Guoji introduced that during the first day to the fourth day of the New Year (February 10th to 13th), a total of 3.92 million people went in and out of each land port.It accounts for 650,000 people, which has increased from 640,000 people in 2018 before the epidemic.

For reports that mainland passengers did not stay in Hong Kong for consumption, Chen Guoji said that the average passenger stayed in Hong Kong before the epidemic, and the fourth quarter of 2023 rose to 3.4 nights.During the Lunar New Year, the Hong Kong hotel's occupancy rate was 90%, reflecting that overnight passengers increased.