The opening ceremony of Huanggang Port was held. Li Jiachao said that he would further promote the in-depth integration of the Bay Area.

China News Service, Shenzhen, October 11 (Reporters Suo Youwei and Qiu Zhaoxiang) The opening ceremony of the Huanggang Port was held on October 11 at the Huanggang Port Joint Inspection Building. Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Huang Chuping, Director of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, attended the event and delivered speeches.

Huanggang Port is China's first large-scale land port that implements 24-hour customs clearance. It has been in operation for more than 30 years, and its customs clearance volume ranks first among all land ports in the country. The port started reconstruction in 2019 and has been fully completed. It is currently the largest single land port building in the world. The new port will be officially opened for operation at 6:30 am on October 12.

Li Jiachao said that the opening of the New Huanggang Port is a concrete action taken by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to actively align with the country's "15th Five-Year Plan", prepare and implement the first five-year plan, better integrate into and serve the overall development of the country, and deeply participate in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is the first concrete action between Hong Kong and Shenzhen to adopt "cooperative inspection, a The land port with the innovative customs clearance model of "Sub-release" will greatly improve the customs clearance experience and efficiency, effectively promote more convenient and closer transportation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, promote more efficient cross-border flow of people, logistics, capital flow, information flow and other elements, and further promote the in-depth integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

"I would like to cordially share my excitement in Cantonese here," said Li Jiachao. "The rebuilt Huanggang Port will officially open tomorrow. This project is a landmark project that Hong Kong and Shenzhen work together to build and share. It is an important milestone in the interconnection of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."

Huang Chuping said that we should take the opening of the new port as an opportunity to broaden the integrated development path of Guangdong and Hong Kong, support Shenzhen to more closely connect with the construction of the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong, promote the construction of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone in the Loop to deepen and deepen cooperation in science and technology, industry, people's livelihood and other fields, and create a demonstration model of in-depth cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong. It is necessary to systematically summarize the experience in Huanggang Port customs clearance mechanism and cross-border coordination, deepen the construction of the "Bay Area Connect" project, intensively work on the connection mechanism of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area rules, and work together to make new and greater contributions to in-depth advancement of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and enriching the practice of "one country, two systems".

Jin Lei, Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech that the Huanggang Port was born out of the turbulent wave of reform and opening up, witnessed the historical process of the vigorous development of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation, and carried the deep friendship of the residents of the two places to help each other. Shenzhen will work with Hong Kong and relevant parties to manage, utilize and serve the Huanggang Port well, continuously optimize the service system, and build an efficient, convenient and smart modern portal; continue to expand the port effect and better convert port traffic into development increments; expand practical cooperation to promote Shenzhen and Hong Kong to achieve more mutually beneficial and win-win results in various fields such as economy and trade, finance, science and technology, industry, culture and tourism.