[Explanation] Wei Zhaohui, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently that after more than six years of construction, China's first cross-border tourism cooperation zone - Sino-Vietnamese Detian - Banyue Waterfall The cross-border tourism cooperation zone already has the conditions for trial operation. China and Vietnam have upgraded their respective scenic spots and will only be opened after the epidemic. At that time, tourists only need to go through simple customs clearance procedures to achieve a one-day tour between the two countries.

　　[Explanation] Chongzuo City in Guangxi is adjacent to Vietnam, with a border line of 533 kilometers. It is the most convenient land gateway from China to ASEAN. It is known as "opening the door is Vietnam, and taking two steps is ASEAN".

Detian Waterfall, located in Daxin County, Chongzuo City, is located in the upper reaches of the Guichun River on the border between China and Vietnam, and is connected to the neighboring Banyao Waterfall in Vietnam. It is the largest transnational waterfall in Asia and the fourth largest in the world.

　　[Same period] Wei Zhaohui, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China

　　Over the past six years, China and Vietnam have improved their respective scenic spots. The Chinese Detian Waterfall Scenic Spot has been awarded as a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and the newly launched “Wonderful Ye Detian”, “China-Vietnam Cross-border Shopping Street” and “Magic Carpet Climbing High and Looking at Yue” New products such as "Cliff Glass Plank Road" and "High-altitude Slideway" have completed the construction of checkpoints for international tourist passages, China-Vietnam cross-border duty-free shops and other facilities, which are ready for trial operation; The platform will be improved and will only be opened after the epidemic.

　　[Explanation] After the opening of the Sino-Vietnamese Detian-Panyo Waterfall Cross-border Tourism Cooperation Zone, tourists only need to go through simple customs clearance procedures to enter the other side of the territory to watch the waterfall, and they can also visit the scenic spots within 2 square kilometers of each of China and Vietnam.

Wei Zhaohui said that as the core area of ​​the Sino-Vietnamese border customs-style tourism belt and the essence of the border and sea national tourist scenic road, Chongzuo City will maintain close communication and exchanges with the Vietnamese side and carry out all-round tourism cooperation with the Vietnamese side.

　　[Explanation] The State Council of China recently issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Tourism Development", proposing to deepen international tourism cooperation, actively serve and connect high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", expand exchanges and cooperation with co-constructed countries, and create a cross-border travel belt.

　　[Commentary] Wei Zhaohui introduced that at present, both China and Vietnam are jointly preparing for the development of cross-border tourism in the post-epidemic era. The vehicle entry and exit declaration methods go through the formalities to reduce the financial burden of enterprises.

At the same time, the planning, setting and safety guarantee of self-driving tour routes such as automobiles and motorcycles in the two sides will be well implemented, so that the cross-border self-driving tour route between Guangxi, China and Lang Son, Vietnam will be operated normally.

　　[Same period] Wei Zhaohui, deputy to the National People's Congress and deputy secretary of the Chongzuo Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China

　　(We will) improve the efficiency of cross-border travel passes.

A series of efficient and convenient measures have been introduced for the pre-review of cross-border tour group members and the batch-guided certificate application, enabling online booking of cross-border travel, and further simplifying the process of cross-border travel business.

Promote the facilitation of customs clearance for cross-border tourism.

Since the launch of the visa-on-arrival business at the Friendship Pass port in July 2017, more than 50,000 people from abroad have applied for visa-on-arrival to travel to China, ranking first among the ports in Guangxi.

We will make good use of this policy and actively cultivate the inbound tourism market.

　　[Explanation] Wei Zhaohui said that Chongzuo City will improve the communication and consultation mechanism with Vietnam, maintain multi-level and multi-channel communication and consultation with the Vietnamese side, continue to work together to promote the construction and management of cooperation zones, coordinate and solve problems and difficulties encountered in a timely manner, and make every effort to help Promote the in-depth development of cross-border tourism and make it bigger and stronger.

　　Reporter Zhang Guangquan reported from Nanning

Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]