The first phase of the 140th Canton Fair ends with high passenger flow at Baiyun Airport port

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 19 (Fang Weibin, Zhou Xiaochen) The first phase of the 140th Canton Fair ended on the 19th. In the past few days, the passenger flow at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport has continued to operate at a high level, demonstrating the vitality of China's foreign trade opening.

At the Baiyun Airport port, foreign passengers queued up in an orderly manner to wait for inspection. Photo by Li Fengjun

According to statistics from Baiyun Border Inspection Station, from 0:00 on October 15 to 12:00 on October 19, the station inspected more than 265,000 entry-exit persons and more than 1,700 flights, a year-on-year increase of 20.6% and 13.4% respectively. Among them, more than 150,000 foreigners entered and exited the country, a year-on-year increase of 27.1%, and those entering for the purpose of business and visit accounted for 43.2%. Driven by the Canton Fair, the number of inbound and outbound passengers at Baiyun Airport this year exceeded 16 million on October 17, 47 days ahead of last year and a year-on-year increase of 18.2%.

Customer sources cover 181 countries around the world. Malaysia, Thailand, Russia and other countries have the largest number of people coming to China via Guangzhou, and the number of arrivals from Asia, America and Europe has increased significantly. With the release of policy dividends such as visa exemption, foreign businessmen are strongly willing to visit China. During the first phase of this Canton Fair, foreign tourists who enjoyed convenient measures such as mutual exemption, unilateral visa exemption, and transit visa exemption accounted for 57% of the total number of foreigners entering the country.

Convenient policies also enhance the cultural tourism experience. Many merchants started Lingnan cultural tours in addition to business negotiations. German buyer Martial said that the border inspection procedures were simple and fast. Not only did the purchase go smoothly this time, but he also took a night tour of Canton Tower and Haixinsha.

Baiyun Border Inspection Station closely follows the travel changes of merchants and sets up a dedicated inspection channel for the Canton Fair at the port. Immigration management police assist foreign merchants to complete the entry declaration. The whole process takes less than 2 minutes. The hall is equipped with multi-lingual police forces in English, French, Arabic and other languages, as well as guidance materials and intelligent translation equipment in small languages. The port cultural tourism promotion service area also attracts many foreign tourists to inquire about travel information.

It is reported that in the next step, the station will dynamically adjust its services based on the passenger flow characteristics of the second and third phases of the Canton Fair, and continue to implement measures such as multilingual services and dedicated channels to protect Sino-foreign economic and trade exchanges. (over)