Hong Kong, January 24 (Reporter Chen Ran) Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Li Jiachao announced on the 23rd that the Hong Kong SAR government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government have reached a consensus to make special arrangements for customs clearance during the Lunar New Year.

　　Li Jiachao met with the media before attending the executive meeting that day.

He introduced that the Shenzhen Bay Port will operate 24 hours a day from February 9 to 13; the Luo Wu Port will extend customs clearance operations until 2 a.m. the next day on February 9 and 11, and the MTR East Rail Line will also operate accordingly. Extended service.

Extending the operation of Luohu Port can use the railway to pick up a large number of passengers to leave the country, and can also disperse the flow of people who originally took cross-border buses to cross the border.

　　Li Jiachao said that this time, we were able to reach a consensus with the Shenzhen Municipal Government in a short period of time, which showed that Hong Kong and Shenzhen cooperated closely and that both parties had the same goals and valued the experience and feelings of citizens and tourists.

　　In order to cooperate with the special customs clearance arrangements, the Hong Kong SAR government announced on the same day that during the Lunar New Year, public transport operators will strengthen bus services to and from various ports, including Shenzhen Bay Port, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port, etc.; cross-border bus service operators The operator will also arrange to add services using the Shenzhen Bay Port in the early morning hours.

　　A spokesman for the SAR government said that the inter-departmental joint operation command center composed of the Hong Kong Customs, Police, Immigration and other departments will be activated during the holidays to make rapid responses and flexibly deploy manpower when necessary to ensure smooth port operations.

　　According to estimates from the Hong Kong Immigration Department, during the Lunar New Year, more than 7.5 million people will enter and exit Hong Kong through various sea, land and air control points, of which about 80% will enter and exit Hong Kong through land border control points. The Luo Wu Port may be used by the most people. Land port.

(People's Daily Overseas Edition)