Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, mentioned a few days ago that Hong Kong and the mainland have not cleared customs for a long time, and mainland customers who used to rely on Hong Kong to provide financial, trade and professional services have found alternative suppliers on the mainland. In the long run, the interests of customs clearance holders will be seriously damaged, and it will be difficult to have a way out.
Leung Chun-ying said that those who think about "Dugang" all day long, who want to cut a knife along the Shenzhen River and pull Hong Kong to the other side of the Pacific Ocean are successful "Dugang." Fighting the epidemic and customs clearance are usually medical and social issues, but in Hong Kong, they have been raised to such a political height.
Phoenix Watch: Where is the road to customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland?
He is a director of the National Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies
Gu Minkang, Director of the Faculty of Law of Xiangtan University
"This is a very serious problem, because the long-term non-customs clearance between the two places has an all-round impact on Hong Kong, and I think the biggest evil consequence is that it is not conducive to the Hong Kong government and loses the people's hearts." Without customs clearance, Hong Kong's role in the Greater Bay Area cannot be played, and the so-called advantages cannot be reflected, and because of the long-term non-customs clearance, more and more opportunities are lost in the Greater Bay Area, and the Hong Kong government must face up to this problem and negotiate with the mainland to reach the standard of customs clearance. ”
Reporter: The people who are looking forward to customs clearance are actually very passive and powerless except to wait and pray. After all, only when the Hong Kong government introduces effective measures can it connect with the "joint prevention and control" of the mainland, and there will be no epidemic prevention gap. Why can't Hong Kong's epidemic prevention measures reassure the mainland, and how can it win the trust of the mainland and finally achieve customs clearance? The mainland has strict accountability, but what about Hong Kong?
"Hong Kong's approach is very different from that of the mainland, on the one hand, it is open to overseas, and the exemption measures for overseas have recently been tightened, and there is no way to test the whole people, and some (practices) in Hong Kong cannot win the trust of the mainland at present, and they cannot reach the customs clearance situation." There is strict accountability under the existing epidemic prevention measures in the mainland, and it is regrettable to see that the personnel accountability that is not done well in these times is not enough. ”
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With the adjusted exemption policy, the vast majority of the categories of entrants currently eligible for quarantine exemption will be abolished, and only the exemption categories necessary to maintain the social operation and life of the public in Hong Kong will be retained, including cross-border truck/bus drivers, aircraft crew, crew members on cargo ships loading and unloading cargo in Hong Kong, and government personnel who are required to perform government-related operations. Except for consul generals of foreign countries in Hong Kong or diplomatic personnel of the same level, diplomats of other levels and their immediate family members who could have been subject to home isolation after arrival must go to designated quarantine hotels for quarantine.
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Source: Phoenix TV Information Station
Editor: Erya Wang