Qingdao, Shandong Province's first "Personal Travel Endorsement" for travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao. The smart sign-out process is smooth and efficient.

　　China News Service, Qingdao, March 6 (Hu Yaojie and Wang Yuxuan) On the 6th, Wang Haiying, a citizen of Qingdao, Shandong Province, completed the "individual travel endorsement" for traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao in the Entry and Exit Reception Hall of the Public Security Bureau of the Qingdao Civic Center in Shinan District, the city. She will That afternoon, I took a flight to Hong Kong, China.

This is the first "individual travel endorsement" issued by Qingdao City to travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao after the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of the People's Republic of China announced that "since March 6, Xi'an and Qingdao will issue 'Individual Travel Endorsements' to and from Hong Kong and Macao for qualified personnel." Endorsement".

Qingdao citizen Wang Haiying used a smart endorsement device to apply for a "personal travel endorsement" for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao.

Photo by Wang Yuxuan

　　In the entry-exit reception hall of the Qingdao Municipal Public Security Bureau, Wang Haiying used a smart endorsement device to complete the "personal travel endorsement" for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao in less than 5 minutes.

She said the processing efficiency exceeded expectations.

　　Wang Xuelei, deputy section chief of the Entry-Exit Approval Section of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of the Qingdao Municipal Public Security Bureau, said that Qingdao’s 20 entry-exit reception halls and acceptance points, 65 acceptance windows, and 20 intelligent endorsement equipment have been debugged and ready to handle Qingdao citizens’ travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao. Be fully prepared for travel passes and "personal travel endorsements" for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao.

Qingdao citizens came to inquire about the "individual travel endorsement" policy for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao.

Photo by Wang Yuxuan

　　Wang Xuelei said that in recent days, Qingdao's entry-exit government service platforms at all levels have maintained a high volume of inquiries about documents for travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao. It is estimated that after March 6, the number of Qingdao citizens applying for visas for travel to Hong Kong and Macao will continue to increase.

　　She Jingyi, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Hong Kong-Qingdao Association, said that the implementation of the "individual travel visa" between Qingdao and Hong Kong and Macao will strengthen personnel exchanges and corporate cooperation between Qingdao and Hong Kong, China, and promote the common economic development of the two places.

　　Zhang Lianqing, member of the Standing Committee of the Qingdao CPPCC and president of the Macau Qingdao Association, believes that the implementation of Qingdao's "individual travel visa" for traveling to Hong Kong and Macao will greatly facilitate exchanges between Macau, China and Qingdao, and will provide enterprises in both places with opportunities in tourism, exhibitions, investment, etc. The field provides more cooperation opportunities.

　　Zhang Yuanyuan, executive deputy director of the Marketing Committee of Qingdao Airport Group, said that in order to facilitate passengers traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao, Qingdao Airport coordinated with airlines to increase the number of flights.

Starting from April 28, 2024, Shandong Airlines will increase the number of flights from Qingdao to Hong Kong, China to 7 flights per week, and the route from Qingdao to Hong Kong, China will reach a total of 14 flights per week.

　　Peng Yunfeng, executive general manager of Air Macau Qingdao Representative Office, said that currently, there are four direct flights from Macau, China to Qingdao operating every week.

From March 5th to March 15th, Air Macau launched corresponding air ticket discounts to cooperate with the implementation of the "individual travel endorsement" policy for Qingdao to and from Hong Kong and Macau.

　　According to the person in charge of the Border Inspection Division of the Qingdao Airport Border Inspection Station of the Shandong Provincial Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, there are currently approximately 28 flights per week between Qingdao Airport Port and Hong Kong, China, and Macau, China.

Since 2024, the number of passengers from Qingdao Airport to Hong Kong, China, has been more than 23,000, and the number of passengers to Macau, China has been more than 8,000, a year-on-year increase of 574.16% and 16.76%.

　　It is reported that Hong Kong and Macau have always been popular destinations for Qingdao residents to travel abroad.

In 2023, Qingdao City processed more than 400,000 documents to and from China's Hong Kong and Macao regions, and the number of documents processed to and from Hong Kong and Macao accounted for more than 55% of the total number of entry-exit documents.

Among them, tourism to and from Hong Kong and Macao in China accounts for more than 80%.

In the first two months of 2024, Qingdao's number of visas for travel to and from Hong Kong and Macao increased by 95% year-on-year and nearly 70% month-on-month.

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