China News Service, February 4 (Xinhua) According to the official WeChat message of the National Immigration Administration, the National Immigration Administration predicts that ports across the country will usher in a new round of peak inbound and outbound passenger flow during the Spring Festival holiday this year, and the average daily number of customs clearance will reach 1.8 million. It increased by about 3.3 times compared with last year’s Spring Festival, which is equivalent to the inbound and outbound traffic during the Spring Festival in 2019.
The passenger flow peaks at large international airport ports are expected to be mainly concentrated between February 8th and 11th (the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month to the second day of the first lunar month), and from February 16th to 17th (the seventh to eighth day of the first lunar month). Shanghai Pudong and Guangzhou Baiyun The average daily number of customs clearance passengers at Beijing Capital Airport, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport and Chengdu Tianfu Airport is expected to reach 83,000, 39,000, 36,000, 16,000 and 16,000 respectively.
The peak passenger flow at the land ports adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao is expected to be mainly from February 11th to 15th (the second to the sixth day of the first lunar month). The average daily number of people passing through Zhuhai Gongbei, Qingmao, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and Hengqin ports is expected to reach 305,000. Shenzhen Luohu, Futian, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway West Kowloon Station, and Shenzhen Bay Port are expected to reach 198,000, 157,000, 104,000, and 100,000 passengers. The domestic large-scale cruise ship "Aida·Modu" will enter and leave the country from Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port on February 14. By then, the number of passengers entering and leaving the country will reach 8,000.
A few days ago, the National Immigration Administration made special arrangements to make every effort to ensure efficient and smooth customs clearance at ports during the Spring Festival holiday, requiring border inspection agencies across the country to strengthen monitoring of entry and exit flows and port operations, and timely release of entry and exit passenger flows at the ports, so as to provide travel information for the general public. Reference; Strengthen service organization and allocate sufficient police force to ensure that Chinese citizens queue for entry and exit customs clearance for no more than 30 minutes; closely coordinate with port joint inspection units and relevant local departments to make sure arrangements for personnel diversion, delayed customs clearance, and traffic guarantees during peak passenger flow periods Specific arrangements are made to jointly ensure safe, efficient and smooth port customs clearance.
The National Immigration Administration reminds all inbound and outbound travelers to promptly pay attention to the changes in passenger flow and customs clearance at the port before traveling, and carefully check whether the entry and exit documents and visas are valid. When leaving the country, Chinese citizens need to understand the security situation and entry policies of the destination in advance, and arrange their itinerary reasonably. Strengthen risk prevention awareness and pay attention to personal and property safety. If you encounter difficulties during customs clearance, you can call the National Immigration Administration service hotline 12367 at any time or seek help from the immigration management police on duty.