Comprehensive customs clearance "full moon" Hong Kong International Airport flight movements have recovered to 50% before the epidemic
Civil Aviation Resource Network News on March 6, 2023: According to Xinhua News Agency, on March 6, Hong Kong and the Mainland fully resumed customs clearance "full moon". In the past month, Hong Kong has made great efforts to develop, and has accumulated strength to achieve a leap forward in the return to normal. Economic, tourism, and business exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland are being carried out in an orderly manner, and the flow of people and goods is booming.
Since the resumption of customs clearance services at various ports, the flow of inbound and outbound passengers has shown a steady upward trend. According to data from the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the total number of people entering and exiting Hong Kong has exceeded 10 million in the one month since the customs clearance on February 6.
Among them, the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link has resumed operations from January 15 to the end of February. The number of inbound and outbound passengers exceeded 1 million within 45 days, with an average daily passenger volume of about 23,000. The high-speed rail will gradually resume long-distance services from March 11, when Hong Kong will welcome more people.
Lin Shixiong, Director of the Transport and Logistics Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the current flight volume at Hong Kong International Airport has recovered to 50% of the pre-epidemic level.
"'Hello, Hong Kong!' represents a long-lost reunion. We hope to greet our friends in the most accustomed way to the Chinese people." said Ye Zhende, Deputy Director-General of the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
After the customs clearance, a series of activities to tell the story of Hong Kong to the world, to promote new business opportunities in Hong Kong, new experiences in tourism, and new experiences in grand events kicked off. The Hong Kong Tourism Board distributes 500,000 air tickets to global tourists and local residents for free, and the gift plan will be launched successively from March 1. Lam Tin Fook, chief executive of the Hong Kong Airport Authority, estimates that the free air tickets will bring at least 1.5 million inbound tourists to Hong Kong.
"Compared to three years ago, Hong Kong has added many new landmarks. The newly completed Hong Kong Palace Museum and M+ Museum of Contemporary International Visual Culture... can bring more novelty to tourists." Hong Kong tour guide Wang Yaohui said. Since the full customs clearance, his arrangements for leading the group are full.
Spring has arrived, and we look forward to the arrival of guests. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government canceled the "mask order" from March 1, and many citizens and tourists met each other with smiles. On the same day, the Hong Kong International Jewelry Show opened, attracting more than 2,500 merchants from 36 countries and regions.
After the comprehensive customs clearance, "two-way travel" between Hong Kong and mainland personnel, between enterprises, and between government departments has sprung up intensively, and new vitality continues to burst out.
Starting from February 20, mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will pilot the endorsement policy for talents traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macau. Qualified talents from mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area of the 6 categories can not only "go and go" between the two places, but also have a longer stay and more round trips. Customized Low Intensity Twin B,Customized inset approach light,Customized LED frangible flange,China Approach Centerline Light,inset touchdown light suppliers.
For the first time since taking office, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, led a delegation to visit Guangzhou and Shenzhen on February 23. All kinds of enterprises and institutions in the mainland have successively visited Hong Kong to attract investment, and Shanghai, Tianjin and other places have gone south to expand two-way investment with Hong Kong.
While economic and trade exchanges are gradually recovering, cultural exchanges are also intensifying. Recently, the "Hubei Wuhan Hong Kong Week" covering a number of cultural and artistic activities came to an end in Wuhan; "Spring Breeze · Cantonese Rhyme" Hong Kong Bamboo Rhyme Xiaoji Wujiatou special concert was held in Tianjin; - The Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Mengdiexuan Collection of Ancient Gold Artifacts" special exhibition was unveiled at the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
After the customs clearance, Hong Kong ushered in a new era of prosperity and brought more win-win opportunities to the world.