Shenzhen News Network, April 17, 2024 (Reporter Guo Hanxiao, Correspondent Ni Liangji, Feng Chaojie) According to the statistics of the Liantang Border Inspection Station, since the opening of the Liantang Port Passenger Inspection on February 6, 2023, as of 8 o'clock on April 16, 2024, a total of 20 million people have been inspected and 350,000 small (passenger) cars have been inspected. A total of 1.53 million inbound and outbound trucks have been inspected (since the opening of Liantang Port on August 26, 2020).
It is reported that the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Port is the latest comprehensive land port for passengers and freight between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, which has become an important channel for economic and trade exchanges and people-to-people exchanges between Shenzhen and Hong Kong after more than a year of operation since its full opening in 2023. According to the Liantang Border Inspection Station, it took 276 days for the station to inspect 10 million people entering and leaving the country, and only 160 days to inspect the second 10 million people. Especially since 2024, the Liantang border inspection station has inspected an average of 65,000 people entering and exiting the country every day, a significant increase of 62.5% compared with the average daily number of people inspected in 2023, and the number of inspectors in a single day has reached a new high, reaching a maximum of 95,000 people on April 14 just now, which is 3.1 times the design flow rate of the port (30,000 person-times/day).
All kinds of dazzling "report cards" reflect the integrated development and prosperity of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the successive release of visa-free policies for foreigners, coupled with the continuous enrichment of cross-border transportation and route options, the passenger flow of Liantang Port has obvious characteristics of "big in, big out, fast in and fast out", and the effect of the "one-hour" living circle in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao continues to amplify, helping the development of "three forces and three districts" in Luohu District and the construction of the northern metropolis of Hong Kong.
In order to better facilitate the entry and exit of the majority of people, and actively transform the customs clearance flow of the port into an increase in service development, the Liantang Border Inspection Station is based on the actual situation of the port line, and constantly optimizes the peak passenger flow diversion measures, and implements the "two announcements and one reminder" for the peak passenger flow, the "one-stop" inspection of vehicles, the "Chinese citizens entering and exiting the customs clearance queue for no more than 30 minutes", the "blue prompt line", the handheld mobile inspection terminal, Provide customs clearance facilitation and assistance and other service measures for special groups, provide support for the growth of passenger flow with a good customs clearance experience, and promote the high-quality development of the port economy with high-quality border inspection services, so that the road of personnel exchanges between the two places will be wider and closer. Source: Shenzhen News Network