On April 1st, the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Cooperation Zone) completed its implementation of the line management policy. In the past month, the number of duty-free import entities determined by the Cooperation Zone Executive Committee in conjunction with Gongbei Customs and other relevant departments has increased from 33. to 60.
According to statistics, the total number of registered users of the smart port public service platform has reached 163,000, and about 126,000 vehicles have been declared and registered for the "second-tier" channel. About 2,500 Macao residents have been reviewed and applied for the preferential policies that allow them to bring relevant animal and plant products into the Hengqin Cooperation Zone, and a total of nearly 800 batches of relevant animal and plant products have been registered. The cooperation zone has a dedicated online management policy consultation window and two offline consultation offices, which have provided services for more than 3,200 orders in total. Various data show that the line management of the cooperation zone has been implemented smoothly, and Macao residents are accelerating their integration into Hengqin.
One month after the implementation of separate line management, according to Hengqin border inspection statistics, there were approximately 1.759 million passengers entering and exiting through the "first-line" Hengqin Port, a year-on-year increase of 35%, and more than 178,000 entering and exiting vehicles, including more than 118,000 single-plate vehicles. Thousands of vehicles. The customs inspected and released more than 1.46 million vehicles leaving the area through the four "second-line" highway channels. The "second-line" channels were stable and orderly, and the customs supervision mechanism operated efficiently and smoothly.
In order to improve the customs clearance experience, the customs shares an X-ray machine with the security check in the departure hall. Passenger luggage can be cleared through customs after passing through the machine once; a "New Home" convenient channel has been set up in the entry hall, allowing Macao's four categories of residents to carry more than 300 animal and plant products in seven categories Quick pass. Since the implementation of the separate line management policy, more than 140,000 passengers have efficiently cleared customs through the "New Home" convenient channel at Hengqin Port.
At 0:00 on April 1, one month after the official implementation of the branch line management policy, the third phase of the Macao port area of Hengqin Port and the related extension area was officially handed over to the Macao SAR Government. This also marked that the Macao side of Hengqin Port The port area and related extension areas have been completely handed over. According to reports, the vehicle inspection and release hall for passengers and trucks at Hengqin Port will also be officially opened in the near future. By then, customs clearance vehicles and vehicle personnel will not need to detour through the travel inspection hall, which will greatly improve the customs clearance experience.
As a landmark project for the infrastructure interconnection between Guangdong and Macao, Hengqin Port is also an important channel for travel between Guangdong and Macao. With the gradual improvement of various software and hardware facilities, the motivation for Macao residents to integrate into Hengqin continues to increase. In the next step, the cooperation zone will do a good job in precise publicity and introduction of branch line management policies, strive to make full use of the policies, fully release the benefits, benefit enterprises and people as soon as possible, and more broadly promote the flow of logistics, people, capital, and information between Qin and Macao. Efficient and convenient movement helps create a high-level open environment for Qin-Macao integration.
(Headquarters reporter Huang Dongxu Qu Baiyu)