Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, January 6 (Reporter Wei Hua) Hong Kong will resume normal personnel exchanges with the mainland in an orderly manner starting January 8.

People from all walks of life in Hong Kong welcomed this, and believed that this is a precious New Year gift. They also hope that Hong Kong can take this opportunity to better integrate into the overall development of the country and make greater contributions to the development of the country.

　　The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 5th that after consultation with relevant parties in the Mainland and approval from the central government, the first phase of customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland will start on January 8, and a maximum of 60,000 Hong Kong people can pass by sea, land and air every day. There is no need for isolation and quarantine when the port goes north to enter the mainland.

　　The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, said that he sincerely thanks the central government for its concern for Hong Kong citizens and its support for the SAR government. Special thanks go to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, the National Health Commission, the Guangdong Provincial Government, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Port Office, and the relevant teams of the SAR Government. , especially the efforts made by the Chief Secretary for Administration and his colleagues from the 15 policy bureaus of the "Customs Clearance Coordination Group" in the past two weeks have enabled the implementation of the first phase of the customs clearance plan in a very short period of time.

　　The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions believes that as the Lunar New Year is approaching, the demand for Hong Kong people to return home to visit relatives and family reunions has increased, and the orderly resumption of normal personnel exchanges is what the people want.

The Federation of Trade Unions expressed its warm welcome and believed that this move would have a great effect on the economic development of Hong Kong.

　　The Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce stated that it believes that with the orderly resumption of normal personnel exchanges, it will help stimulate the Hong Kong economy and inject new momentum into the development of all walks of life.

Cai Guanshen, President of ACCCIM, said that the Hong Kong business community has long been looking forward to the resumption of normal personnel exchanges with the mainland. He thanked the central government for its full support and promotion of relevant arrangements, and thanked all parties for their active communication and cooperation.

　　Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, expressed his sincere gratitude to the central government for agreeing and actively promoting the gradual and orderly resumption of normal personnel exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland, and announced the relevant arrangements on the eve of the Spring Festival to facilitate citizens returning to their hometowns to visit relatives.

　　Lin Jianfeng, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Economic and Democratic Federation, said that the initial daily quota of 60,000 is an appropriate arrangement. It is believed that citizens will have a stronger willingness to go north to the mainland to visit relatives around the Lunar New Year. The business community also hopes to arrange personnel to go to the mainland to handle business as soon as possible.

　　The family of Mr. Yang, a 60-year-old Hong Kong citizen, is in Huizhou, Guangdong.

In the past few days, Mr. Yang has been paying attention to relevant news.

He said that he was very much looking forward to returning to the mainland to reunite with his family this time.

"My relatives and friends are all in the mainland. I haven't seen them in a few years. This time I will go back and get together."