China News Agency, Pingxiang, Guangxi, January 8th, title: Directly hit the Friendship Pass: ASEAN fruits smoothly enter the table of Chinese consumers
Author Long Tuyou Huang Lingyan Jiang Xuelin
"China has adjusted the customs clearance policy. I can drive a truck directly to the Chinese freight yard, and the customs clearance of goods is more convenient." At the Kafeng Cargo Supervision Center in Puzhai Passage, Friendship Pass, Pingxiang City, Guangxi, Vietnamese driver Yang Yonghai was accepted by China News Agency Said during the interview.
Since January 8, China has implemented "Class B and B Control" for new coronavirus infections.
Relevant measures point out that in terms of port operation, supporting management should be optimized to ensure that freight returns to pre-epidemic levels as soon as possible, and passenger transport at land ports will gradually resume entry and exit.
Yang Yonghai said that because of the epidemic, he has been unable to come to China for nearly three years.
On January 8, he drove a truck with a Vietnamese license plate, carrying a load of Vietnamese jackfruit into China.
He said: "The adjustment of China's customs clearance policy has made it easier for me to travel between China and Vietnam, and I can earn more money. Now China is developing very well, which is also very beneficial to us in Vietnam. I hope that customs clearance will be better in the future. smooth."
On January 8th, trucks lined up in a long queue of two to three kilometers at the Youyiguan Port.
From 8 o'clock, vehicles loaded with fruits imported from ASEAN and department stores of mechanical and electrical products exported from China cleared the customs in an orderly manner.
This is a convenient land passage from China to ASEAN countries.
The reporter saw at the scene that, as the largest land port in Guangxi, some epidemic prevention facilities at the Friendship Pass have been removed from the previous night to prepare for customs clearance.
Pingxiang is the largest port for fruit import and export between China and ASEAN.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and it is the peak season for ASEAN fruit imports. Thai durians, mangosteens, Vietnamese dragon fruits, jackfruits, etc. continue to enter from the Friendship Gate, enriching the Chinese New Year table for consumers across China.
According to Ji Yongzhou, the person in charge of Guangxi Pingxiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone Development and Investment Co., Ltd., fruits have high requirements on the timeliness of transportation, storage and customs clearance.
After the closed-loop management and cross-border agent driving mode are canceled at the port, truck drivers can drive their own vehicles to enter and exit the country to unload goods, which means that the speed of customs clearance will increase. This will attract enterprises to grab orders to prepare for the new year's goods market.
Liang Donghai, the business manager of Guangxi Dingyi Supply Chain Co., Ltd., which is mainly engaged in the customs declaration business of electronic products at the port, told reporters that the cost of factory shipments will drop by 60% without the need for driver control and transfers.
The customs clearance volume of electronic product spare parts and imported finished products exported from China to Vietnam is expected to return to the pre-epidemic level soon, further ensuring the stability of the China-ASEAN industrial chain supply chain.
The adjustment of the customs clearance policy not only provides greater convenience for the entry and exit of goods, but also makes it easier for Chinese nationals working and doing business in Vietnam to return home.
In the early morning of the 8th, a large number of Chinese entered the country through the port one after another.
On January 8, at the Youyiguan Port in Pingxiang City, Guangxi, passengers took a transfer vehicle to their destination after entering the country.
From the same day, China will implement "Class B and B control" for new coronavirus infection, and optimize supporting management in terms of port operation.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Xuelin
Wang Kai, a musical instrument dealer from Shanghai, became the first inbound passenger at the port that day. He went to Hanoi, Vietnam to inspect the market two months ago.
"I learned that I no longer need to be quarantined when entering the country, so I set off for the port at 5 a.m., and the customs clearance procedures are very fast and convenient." He plans to take a bus from Friendship Pass to Nanning immediately, and then fly back to Shanghai to reunite with his family.
Ye Bingqing, who has been engaged in personnel management in Taiwan-funded enterprises in Vietnam for more than ten years, has not been able to see her husband and children for more than a year.
On the same day, she returned to China with her colleagues and took a group photo in front of the Friendship Building where New Year's lanterns were hung.
"It is convenient to enter and exit, and I will consider going back and forth three or four times a year in the future."
According to Lin Yicen, the third-level director of the Seventh Section of Customs Supervision at Friendship Customs, the customs has provided supervision services in accordance with the new regulations, and has launched an all-in-one verification and diversion machine at the travel inspection site. Passengers can declare their health through the WeChat applet, scan their passports when entering the country, and automatically complete the information. Check and temperature monitoring, if there is no abnormality, you can pass the customs and release, and the whole process can be completed in 20 seconds at the fastest.
On January 8, at the Friendship Pass Port in Pingxiang City, Guangxi, passengers quickly and easily cleared customs and entered the country.
From the same day, China will implement "Class B and B control" for new coronavirus infection, and optimize supporting management in terms of port operation.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Xuelin
As an important node city of the New Land-Sea Corridor in the west, the adjustment of the customs clearance policy has brought new opportunities to Pingxiang City.
Wu Xiaohui, secretary of the CPC Pingxiang Municipal Committee, came to the Youyiguan Port early on the 8th to implement various measures to facilitate customs clearance.
Wu Xiaohui said that Pingxiang will make good use of its unique location advantages, and at the same time make good use of various preferential policies to further improve the transportation and logistics infrastructure, improve the level of facilitation of port customs clearance, provide convenience for exchanges between China and Vietnam, and do a good job in China and Vietnam. The bridge and link of cultural, economic and trade exchanges between ASEAN.
Wu Xiaohui said that Pingxiang will build a land border port-type national logistics hub, continue to serve and ensure the stability of the China-ASEAN logistics chain supply chain; through industrial cooperation and element guarantee, build a China-Vietnam cross-border industrial cooperation demonstration zone.
On the same day, the Friendship Pass Scenic Spot reopened simultaneously, and many tourists came for sightseeing, and the popularity of the thousand-year-old pass reappeared.
According to data provided by the Pingxiang Commercial Port Bureau, about 2,800 people entered and exited the country on the 8th, and about 1,000 trucks passed through.
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