Multiple sets of data show that the border shopping tour shows a booming development momentum by pressing the "accelerate button" for entry and exit.
CCTV News:On August 18th, Zhuhai New Hengqin Port was opened for four years. In the past four years, with the continuous promotion of the construction of Hengqin Guangdong-Macao deep cooperation zone and the continuous improvement of the software and hardware facilities at Hengqin Port, the personnel exchanges between Hengqin and Macao have continuously set a new record for customs clearance, and the total number of entry-exit personnel at the port has exceeded 48 million.
The reporter learned that the average daily passenger flow and traffic volume of Hengqin Port this year reached 57,000 passengers and 6,000 vehicles respectively, which doubled compared with 25,000 passengers and 2,700 vehicles four years ago. At the same time, this year, the single-day passenger flow at Hengqin Port exceeded 86,000, and the traffic volume exceeded 7,200, both of which were the highest levels since the opening of the new Hengqin Port. The high convenience of going in and out of Hengqin is gradually changing the living habits of Macao residents, and the demand of Hong Kong and Macao residents to go to Hengqin for home ownership, entrepreneurship and leisure tourism is also growing.
The deputy stationmaster of Hengqin Border Inspection Station of Zhuhai Border Inspection Station once introduced that, according to statistics, among the inbound and outbound personnel, about 39% are from the mainland who go to Australia for employment and study, about 26% are from Hong Kong and Macao residents, and about 24% are from the mainland who go to Australia. The characteristics of the people’s livelihood port of Hengqin Port "seven points for people’s livelihood and three points for tourists" are increasingly prominent.
In recent years, the infrastructure of the new Hengqin Port has been continuously improved, and the vehicle joint inspection system and the vehicle attendant inspection and release hall of five units in Guangdong and Macao, the first in China, have been launched successively, achieving highly convenient customs clearance for vehicles and vehicle attendants. At present, the customs clearance of goods and transport vehicles at Hengqin Port is being resumed in an orderly manner in stages, and the policy dividend is fully released to fully improve the efficiency of customs clearance services. At the same time, Hengqin Border Inspection Station has accelerated the construction of an intelligent car body inspection system, continuously optimized the customs clearance process of "Qin-Ao Tour Group" and "Frequent Traveler", and further created a highly convenient customs clearance environment for personnel to enter and leave.
Zeng Xiang said that since the beginning of this year, there have been more than 13 million passengers and about 1.4 million vehicles entering and leaving through Hengqin Port. It is expected that the total number of passengers entering and leaving the country will exceed 20 million and the traffic volume will exceed 2 million during the year. Facing the increasing passenger flow, Hengqin Border Inspection Station will continue to improve customs clearance services, optimize personnel customs clearance mode, and contribute border inspection wisdom to the rapid development of Qin-Macao integration.
As of August 17, the number of people entering and leaving Baiyun Port reached a five-year high this year.
The reporter learned from Baiyun Border Inspection Station that as of August 17, this year, Baiyun Border Inspection Station inspected 8.28 million entry-exit personnel, a five-year high.
With the continuous optimization of China’s visa policy for foreigners, the "circle of friends" of visa-free countries is constantly expanding. Baiyun Airport Port is the landing port of Guangdong’s 144-hour transit visa-free policy, and the Canton Fair and other activities have been held. Since this year, more than 2.46 million foreign tourists have entered and exited the Baiyun Airport Port for business travel, visiting relatives and studying, and visiting and communicating. The number of foreign tourists who entered the country through visa-free policy accounted for 28.5% of the total number of foreign tourists entering the country. Among them, more than 38,000 foreign tourists entered the country through 24/72/144-hour transit visa-free policy, up 54.2% year-on-year.
As one of the national large-scale international airport hubs, Baiyun Airport Port has a strong "flow" with obvious characteristics of "big entry and big exit", which plays an important role in promoting the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel and promoting the development of foreign trade and economy.
According to the statistics of Baiyun Border Inspection Station, since the beginning of this year, the daily average number of people entering and leaving through Baiyun Airport Port has reached 40,000, and the peak passenger flow in a single day has exceeded 46,000. At present, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport has opened more than 80 international and regional passenger navigation points, and the total number of international and regional passenger flights entering and leaving Hong Kong exceeds 1,900 per week.
Chen Xiaoyun, deputy captain of the Eighth Team of Baiyun Border Inspection Station, said: "Since the beginning of this year, the port has opened, encrypted and restored more than 20 international and regional passenger routes from Guangzhou to Singapore and Istanbul, and will also open international passenger and cargo routes from Guangzhou to Belgrade in the near future. In order to actively respond to the rising trend of inbound and outbound passenger flow at the port, we continue to strengthen diversion guidance during peak hours, dynamically adjust channel settings, and continuously optimize the allocation of police force on duty to ensure efficient customs clearance, safety and smoothness. "
China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center: As of August 17, the number of people entering and leaving the cooperation center this year increased by 81% year-on-year.
Since August, the Sino-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center in Yili, Xinjiang has ushered in the peak of border tour, cross-border tour and shopping tourists. As of August 17, the number of people entering and leaving the cooperation center exceeded 4 million this year, up 81% year-on-year. Border shopping tour shows a booming development momentum.
According to the statistics of Horgos entry-exit frontier inspection station, since August, the number of people entering and leaving the cooperation center has exceeded 30,000, and the highest number of people in a single day is nearly 34,000. The reporter saw in the joint inspection hall of the China-Kazakhstan Cooperation Center that at present, 12 manual inspection channels and 10 quick inspection channels have all been opened. The on-site police guided tourists to enter in batches in an orderly manner to avoid congestion, and at the same time took various measures to ensure customs clearance efficiency.
Yan Kang, deputy captain of the Seventh Team of Horgos Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection Station, said that there are now more than 30,000 passengers entering and leaving the park every day. At the peak of passenger flow like this in the morning, the checkpoint will implement the "wrong customs clearance" measure, and open the fast inspection channel one hour in advance, effectively reducing the morning peak; In case of large-scale events and comprehensive exhibitions, the checkpoint will implement the "booking customs clearance" measure to ensure the safe and smooth customs clearance of inbound and outbound passengers to the maximum extent.
China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center is planned to be 3.43 square kilometers from China and 2.17 square kilometers from Kazakhstan. Up to now, there are more than 2,000 merchants in the China-Kazakhstan Cooperation Center alone, and there are more than 200 duty-free enterprises selling more than 1,000 kinds of goods from more than 40 countries. Visitors who enter the cooperation center can carry 8,000 yuan of duty-free goods every day.