The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passed a motion on the follow-up work on the promotion of the "One-site Two Inspections" arrangement at Huanggang Port on the 24th, and supports the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government to fully promote the Huanggang reconstruction plan and implement the "One-site Two Inspections".
The Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Li Jiachao, said in a meeting of the Legislative Council that day that the motion as a whole reflects the legislative council’s recognition of the Huanggang Reconstruction Plan for improving the customs clearance capacity and convenience of the land port between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and strengthening Hong Kong and other Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The importance of urban connections in the Greater Bay Area.
If the discussion between the two places goes smoothly, the goal is to complete the main project of the Xinhuanggang Port by the end of 2023, and then the governments of Shenzhen and Hong Kong will carry out interior decoration and installation of related equipment in their respective port areas.
Under the arrangement of "one place, two inspections", passengers can go through the immigration formalities of the two places at the same place and in the same building, eliminating the need to repeat the process of getting on and off the bus with their luggage, greatly improving the efficiency of customs clearance.
Li Jiachao pointed out that under the development blueprint of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the flow of people between Shenzhen and Hong Kong is expected to increase significantly.
Through the redevelopment plan, the governments of the two places will upgrade and increase customs clearance facilities to strengthen the processing capacity of the ports.
Chen Fan, Director of the Transport and Housing Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, pointed out that the new Huanggang Port will become a transportation hub complex in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, facilitating passengers to travel between different places in the Greater Bay Area more conveniently. It is expected that the optimization of the Huanggang Port will be driven by Cross-border transportation needs provide Hong Kong citizens and cross-border passengers with more travel options.
Chen Fan pointed out that under the strategy of "east in and east out, west in and west out", the new Huanggang Port will cancel its freight function.
In the future, we will maintain communication with Shenzhen on supporting arrangements such as the 24-hour customs clearance operation of Shenzhen Bay Port and Liantang/Xiangyuanwei Port.
The two sides will ensure that after the resettlement of the Huanggang Port and the opening of the new port, the flow of people and goods between the two places will be smooth, which will promote the economic development of Hong Kong, especially in the areas of tourism, technology, and trade logistics, and promote the overall coordination of Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. development of.
The Director of the Development Bureau of the SAR Government Wong Wai Lun stated at the meeting that the rebuilt Huanggang Port will implement "single location and two inspections", which not only facilitates customs clearance, but also releases more than 20 hectares of land in border areas. For example, overall consideration of Xintian/Lok Ma It is a win-win measure to realize coordinated development and play a synergistic effect on land used for border control in China.
(Headquarters reporter Zhou Weiqi Jindong)