During the Spring Festival holiday, travelers can conveniently travel between Guangdong and Macao with a health code
"One-Hour Life Circle" Formed in the Greater Bay Area
“We drove over from Guangzhou and passed the customs in Hengqin Port in seconds. You can pay with your mobile phone for staying in hotels and shopping in Macau. The exchange rate is also calculated in real time, which is really super convenient.” Tourist Miss Li was pleased near the tourist attraction of Macau’s San Bus Say.
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox, reporters went to Macau for interviews and saw that the streets were filled with a cheerful New Year atmosphere. The "one-hour living circle" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area made it suitable for residents to live at home, work for their jobs, and tourists to enjoy themselves.
Guangdong-Macao Port "Second Customs Clearance" Convenient and Shows Advantages
At the new passenger inspection channel at Hengqin Port, there is an endless stream of passengers leaving Zhuhai for Macau.
The reporter experienced personally, holding the endorsement of the Mainland residents' travel permit to Hong Kong and Macao and the negative nucleic acid test report within 7 days, and the health declaration on the "Guangdong Province Affairs" applet, and switching to the Aokang code through the "Guangdong Health Code" "Customs Clearance Certificate" to pass the customs.
This is the first Spring Festival since the opening of the new passenger inspection channel at Hengqin Port in August 2020. Through innovative use of a new customs clearance inspection mode of "cooperative inspection and one-time release", the customs clearance time has been shortened from about half an hour to 1 minute. .
Li Yang, Section Chief of the First Section of Travel Inspection of Hengqin Customs under Gongbei Customs, told reporters that in order to prevent and control the epidemic, Gongbei Customs has implemented 100% of the quarantine measures at Hengqin port of “three inspections, three rows and one transshipment”, and passed the health declaration review and medical examination. Inspections, medical investigations, epidemiological investigations and other means have a comprehensive grasp of passenger-related itinerary and health information for risk classification and classification, and combined with infrared temperature measurement systems, the first time accurately finds passengers with symptoms such as abnormal body temperature.
At the same time, it will strengthen coordination and cooperation with the Macao Health Bureau, and cooperate with the Bureau of Commerce, health and health departments and other joint prevention and control to implement a full-process closed-loop treatment of at-risk passengers to ensure that the epidemic prevention and control are in place.
In addition, Gongbei Customs also implemented a series of reference and mutual recognition of inspection results for passenger cars at the Zhuhai-Macao Land Port, "cooperative inspection, one-time release" sanitation and quarantine model, support for Macao's motor vehicles entering and exiting Hengqin, and the application of intelligent inspection equipment at Hengqin Port. Convenience measures to help residents of the two places speed up customs clearance.
With the ever-increasing number of policies to facilitate traffic, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will allow people to travel smoothly and goods to travel smoothly.
Affected by the epidemic, the number of cross-border customs clearances between Guangdong and Macao during the Spring Festival this year has declined compared with previous years, but the number of inbound and outbound passengers through the Hengqin Port has remained stable at around 9,000.
Macau's "shopping paradise" is undiminished
During the Spring Festival, one of the “eight major attractions” in Macau is surrounded by lanterns and festoons. The zodiac signs and the statue of Fu Niu attract tourists to stop and take pictures.
The shops in the streets and alleys welcome guests warmly, and the Western-style building has Spring Festival couplets affixed in front of the door, which is filled with a festive atmosphere of Chinese and Western New Year.
"Most of the customers are from Guangdong. Almond cookies, egg rolls, tangerine peel cakes, etc. are the most popular," said Huang Cuirong, the manager of Juji Bakery.
This year, many mainland residents responded to the call for on-site Chinese New Year, and the number of outbound tourists has decreased compared with previous years.
However, the reporter visited Macau and found that, with its convenient transportation facilities, convenient customs clearance procedures and good tourism foundation, Macau remains a tourist destination for residents of the Greater Bay Area.
Ms. Li, who selected souvenirs in the store, told reporters that it only takes about one hour for her to drive from Guangzhou to Macau by car. Now customs clearance is convenient, and it can achieve "no sense of customs clearance".
At the same time, the spread of cross-border services and mobile payments by operators has added convenience to Macau trips.
"Life in the city of the Greater Bay Area is really comfortable. The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge makes traveling around more convenient." Miss Li said.
In order to attract tourists, major business districts in Macau have launched shopping discounts.
At DFS' Macau T Galleria City of Dreams store, a lottery with the highest 100% cashback during the Spring Festival attracts customers to queue up.
In shopping malls such as Four Seasons Stores, cash back rewards are also used to promote consumption.
Macau girls on CCTV Spring Festival Gala
On CCTV Spring Evening in 2021, Macau girl Long Zilan and many actors from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan sang the opening song and dance "Good luck", which attracted media attention.
This is the second time that Long Zilan has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage. As a first-year student of Pui Ching Middle School in Macau, she was known for her singing "Song of Seven Sons".
During the Spring Festival, the reporter came to Long Zilan's home for an exclusive interview.
Long Zilan was born in Shunde, Guangdong. In the early 1980s, her maternal grandparents moved to Macau, and her mother Liang Jiandan was a native of Macau. The family often travels between Guangdong and Macau.
"Sometimes we live in Macau, and sometimes we return to Shunde. It only takes more than an hour to drive. It is really a two-city life." Liang Jiandan said.
Liang Jiandan told reporters that she is engaged in art education and promotion in Macau.
In recent years, with the increase in exchanges between Guangdong and Macao, students from Macao often go to Zhuhai and other places to exchange and perform.
"It takes only 5 minutes for children to perform in Hengqin by boat from Macau." Liang Jiandan said, keeping up with the development of the Greater Bay Area, they established the Zhuhai-Macau Youth Art Exchange Practice Base and the Zhuhai-Macau Joint Children's Art Troupe. .
On the platform of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, not only allows students to get more opportunities for exchanges, but also allows Macao's art and culture to spread to the world.
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Reporter Tang Ziyan, Zeng Meiling, Chen Xiao