China News Service, Xiamen, September 25th (Wu Guanbiao, Fu Jiaping) Jade rabbit lanterns, full moon ornaments, Mid-Autumn fans... September 25th is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The border inspection hall of Xiamen Wutong Passenger Terminal is decorated with Mid-Autumn element ornaments everywhere, and the Xiamen-Jinjiang "Little Three Links" passenger route is ushering in a peak passenger flow.
People come and go at Wutong Pier, and passengers’ bags are full. Some traveled across the sea to visit friends in Kinmen, and some came to Xiamen to get together with Kinmen specialties. Ms. Xu from Xiamen was pushing a luggage trolley. Inside the suitcase were Fujian Zhuangyuan cakes, dried mushrooms and other specialties. These were souvenirs she planned to give to her friends in Kinmen. "After arriving in Kinmen, I plan to sit around and drink tea with my friends and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together," she said.
Seeing that Ms. Xu had a lot of luggage, Chen Jiaying, a police officer from the "Tongxinqiao" service team of the Gaoqi Immigration Station of the Xiamen Immigration Main Station, took the initiative to guide her and help her walk through the large luggage channel and efficiently complete the exit border inspection procedures.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, taking the Xiamen-Jinjiang "Little Three Links" passenger route to return home to visit ancestors and visit relatives and friends has become a holiday choice for many Taiwanese compatriots. At 10:30 a.m. that day, as the "Marco Polo 1" passenger ship slowly docked at Wutong Pier, 280 passengers on board lined up to disembark in an orderly manner.
Ms. Wang's family from Kinmen Township took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday to visit relatives and friends in the mainland and go sightseeing. Their handbags contained Kinmen tribute candies, beef jerky and other gifts. "I think the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival of reunions, and what I look forward to most is to be reunited with family and friends. Nowadays, there are many boat options and it is very convenient to go back and forth. The festival greetings of the on-site staff in Hokkien are even more cordial."
Many tourists also took advantage of the holidays to travel across the border. "I came from Quanzhou and happened to participate in the bicycle race held in Kinmen on the 27th. I also took advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday to experience the local folk customs in Kinmen." "It's so convenient. It only takes half an hour. When I come to Xiamen for the first time, I must go to Gulangyu Island. There are also Zhongshan Road and Bashi. I can take my family for a walk and eat delicious food." Visitors on site talked about their holiday travel plans and lamented that the "Little Three Links" passenger route to Xiamen is short, fast and affordable.
In recent days, the passenger flow of the Xiamen-Jinjiang "Small Three Links" route has continued to rise. According to predictions from the Gaoqi Border Inspection Station, the inbound and outbound passenger flow on the Xiamen-Jinjiang "Small Three Links" route will exceed 20,000 during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, an increase of nearly 30% compared with normal days. On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the overall occupancy rate of the two-way entry and exit boat services was nearly 85%.
In order to ensure the smooth customs clearance of passengers, Gaoqi Border Inspection Station innovatively realizes the in-depth correlation of multi-dimensional data of people, certificates, tickets and ships, so as to realize the convenient customs clearance of passengers. The police of the "Bridge" service team provide front-line assistance, and open "family fun" family channels, large luggage channels, etc. for young and old groups, passengers with special needs such as carrying a large number of Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and use pragmatic measures to protect the reunion trip of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. (over)
