China News Service, Shenzhen, March 30 (Cheng Jingwei, Huang Junsheng, Xu Chengfeng) According to a report from the Huanggang Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station on the 30th, on the first day of Hong Kong’s Easter holiday (March 29), the police on duty at the station inspected a total of More than 283,000 people entered and exited Futian Port, and only more than 194,000 people entered the country.
Among them, there were more than 220,000 inbound and outbound passengers at Futian Port, and only 155,000 inbound passengers were recorded, setting a new record. The majority of immigrants are Hong Kong and Macao residents traveling as a family or traveling in groups, accounting for more than 90% of the total.
On March 29, the entry hall of Shenzhen Futian Port welcomed a large number of passengers. Photo by Chen Shuo
According to the relevant person in charge of the Huanggang Border Inspection Station, with the arrival of Hong Kong’s Easter holiday and the approaching Tomb-Sweeping Day, people from Guangdong and Hong Kong have frequent exchanges of people returning to their hometowns to worship ancestors, travel for outings, and visit relatives for consumption. The inbound and outbound passenger flow at Huanggang and Futian Ports continues Showing an upward trend, it is expected that the average daily inbound and outbound passenger flow will reach more than 200,000.
On the first day of the Easter holiday in Hong Kong, Huanggang and Futian Ports experienced instantaneous inbound passenger flow peaks. Among them, the maximum inspection volume per hour in the entry direction of Futian Port was nearly 18,000 people, and the maximum inspection volume per hour in the entry direction of Huanggang Port was more than 3,300 people. The maximum inspection volume of passenger vehicles per hour exceeds 360.
In order to cope with the peak passenger flow, Huanggang Border Inspection Station opened sufficient inspection channels in advance and added temporary manual inspection desks. At the same time, sufficient police force will be deployed to strengthen the maintenance of on-site customs clearance order at the two ports, close real-time contact with the Hong Kong side, initiate joint logistics with inspection units, local public security and traffic police, and implement measures such as segmented flow control to improve customs clearance efficiency.
According to reports, the peak of inbound passenger flow at Huanggang Port is expected to occur on March 30 and April 5-6, and the peak of outbound passenger flow is expected to occur on March 31 and April 1; the peak of inbound passenger flow at Futian Port is expected to occur on March 3 On March 30, the peak outbound passenger flow is expected to occur on March 31, April 1, and April 7. (over)