In the first quarter of this year, nearly 450,000 passengers traveled between Fujian and Taiwan, an increase of nearly 3.3 times year-on-year.

[Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Special Line] In the first quarter of this year, nearly 450,000 passengers traveled between Fujian and Taiwan, an increase of nearly 3.3 times year-on-year.

　　China News Service, Xiamen, April 8 (Huang Kai, Huang Qiuya) The Xiamen Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station disclosed on the 8th that in the first quarter of 2024, Fujian ports inspected nearly 450,000 cross-strait passengers, a year-on-year increase of nearly 3.3 times.

On February 2, Taiwan compatriots traveling between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait via the Xiamen-Jinjiang Airlines went through customs clearance procedures at Xiamen Wutong Port. Photo by Liu Kai

　　The customs clearance data of Fujian ports in the first quarter of 2024 reported by the terminal showed that there were more than 1,100 direct cross-strait passenger flights and more than 156,000 passengers; there were more than 1,800 cross-strait "mini three links" direct passenger ships and more than 294,000 passengers. .

　　Border inspection sources said that since the beginning of this year, with the implementation of ten entry-exit policies and measures to support Fujian's construction of a cross-strait integrated development demonstration zone, there has been intensive personnel exchanges, non-governmental activities, and economic and trade exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan.

　　In response to the booming cross-strait exchanges, cross-strait "mini-three links" passenger routes will increase flights from April 1 to make cross-strait personnel exchanges faster and more convenient. Among them, the Quan (Zhou) Jin (Men) route has been adjusted from the original three round-trip flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to one daily round trip, with a total of 7 round-trip flights per week; the Fu (Zhou) Ma (Zu) route has flights Increased to 8 trips per day, adjusted from "two in and two out" per day to "four in and four out" per day.

　　According to the Xiamen Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station, during the Qingming Festival that just passed (April 4 to April 6), Fujian ports inspected a total of more than 70 passenger ships and nearly 11,000 passengers on the cross-strait "small three links" passenger routes. Passengers' customs clearance is safe, orderly, warm and smooth. (over)