Recently, some Local media pointed out that according to government sources, the Current Goal of the Hong Kong Government is very clear, and it will strive to advance the customs clearance date until December this year by taking a series of measures.
However, there will be a limit on the number of customs clearance in the first stage, and the urgency of traveling between the two places will also become a consideration for the Hong Kong government to issue customs clearance quotas.
Passengers enter Hong Kong via Shenzhen Bay Port on September 15 (Xinhua Photo)
Experts: Customs clearance at the end of the year may not be feasible
However, in this regard, Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Respiratory System Department of CUHK, said in an interview on the 24th that Huang Liuquan, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, mentioned at the customs clearance docking meeting between the two places earlier that with reference to the Macao example, it will take at least four to five months from consultation to specific implementation of quarantine-free customs clearance.
Xu Shuchang also pointed out a more important issue, "customs clearance code".
He pointed out that the customs clearance conditions proposed by the mainland include requiring the Hong Kong government to set up a "customs clearance code" with tracking function, and "I believe that without the tracking function, the mainland may not necessarily receive goods".
Xu Shuchang explained that the world is facing a virus pandemic, from the perspective of the mainland department, customs clearance with Hong Kong can not bring additional risks, the mainland authorities have taken Nanjing Airport as an example, successfully through the tracking function to find out the confirmed case, so he believes that the Local "Customs Clearance Code" set up a tracking function is one of the conditions, otherwise the mainland "may not receive goods" (acceptance), "willing to pass the customs clearance (people), because of economic factors, family factors, or employment factors, will not mind that the mobile phone has a tracking function." ”
Hong Kong media: The Hong Kong side will fully accept the mainland's "docking" opinions
According to local media reports, in order to facilitate customs clearance with the mainland as soon as possible, the Hong Kong government is striving to hold another "docking" meeting with the mainland in the short term.
The meeting will also discuss a series of requirements of mainland experts on Hong Kong's epidemic prevention measures. The Hong Kong government is expected to respond to the corresponding measures proposed in this regard, and the corresponding measures previously proposed include measures to improve the way the virus is tracked, as well as the latest version of the "customs clearance code".
The Hong Kong government will soon launch a trial version of the "Customs Clearance Code"
According to the news, the Hong Kong side will fully accept the mainland's "docking" opinions, including that from next month, government buildings and public hospitals must be swept away from "safe travel".
Xinhua News Agency photo
In terms of "customs clearance code", Sing Tao Daily quoted the news that the Hong Kong government will propose to the mainland to connect to the "customs clearance code" with "safe travel" as a way to track users traveling in Hong Kong.
The "customs clearance code" will soon launch a trial version, with the goal of improvement "small-scale trial", will not be open to the society and the public for trial, and in the "small-scale trial", it is not excluded that the technical staff will try to register with a real name and give the feasibility of assigning a "yellow code".
Ge Peifan, a member of the Legislative Council of the Dabdecai Federation, believes that the conditions for customs clearance in the mainland are clear, and the SAR Government should not delay it again and again and introduce a "health code" with tracking function as soon as possible, so as to restore confidence to the mainland authorities, otherwise not only will customs clearance this year be indefinite, but even before the Lunar New Year next year, it will be a good dream.
(Editor: Shen Yuqing)
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