Online Interview
Topic: Support for Hengqin New Area Opening-up and Development to Promote Guangdong's Economic Integration with Hong Kong and Macao SARs
Time:10:00 AM (Wed) March 26, 2014
Special Guests:Guests: Xiong Zhenguo, Deputy Director General of Gongbei Customs District; Wu Yirong, Director of Hengqin Customs House, Gongbei Customs District; Zhou Xiaolei, Deputy Director of the Processing-Trade Supervision Division, Gongbei Customs District;
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Support for Hengqin New Area Opening-up and Development to Promote Guangdong's Economic Integration with Hong Kong and Macao SARs
[Zhou Xiaolei]: In a word, if you set up a factory in Hengqin, domestic raw materials to enter Hengqin are regarded as export and the Customs do not examine and verify export licenses. This is a preferential policy in which Hengqin is different from other special areas in investment. You may consider setting up factories in Hengqin. 03/21/2014 10:46:40
[Netizen: 3-15]: I am a student from the new UM campus in Hengqin. After the operation is carried out, can we enter and exit Hengqin without going through Hengqin Port? 03/21/2014 10:16:42
[Wu Yirong]: No. The operation of Hengqin New Area will not affect the existing management mode for the entry into and exit from the mainland of China by various personnel of Hengqin new UM campus. Teachers and students within the campus still have to exit or enter Hengqin or other places in the mainland through Hengqin Ports or other ports. 03/21/2014 10:47:25
[Netizen: Anonymous]: Will the 24-hour customs clearance service be implemented in Hengqin New Area? 03/21/2014 9:36:58
[Xiong Zhenguo]: We have noticed that people in Hengqin and Macao SAR are looking forward to the 24-hour customs clearance by people from both sides. As this issue involves overall arrangements of the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Government of Macao SAR, and both governments have conducted multiple communications and negotiations on the issue. The Customs will cooperate actively and carry out related customs work for extension of the customs clearance time. 03/21/2014 10:48:34
[Netizen: Anonymous]: When vehicles with two license plates of Macao SAR go to the mainland of China through Hengqin Port, do they have to complete extra formalities as compared with going through Gongbei Customs? 03/21/2014 9:32:20
[Wu Yirong]: No extra formalities are required. 03/21/2014 10:49:10
[Netizen: Anonymous]: It is learned that Hengqin New Area plans to apply for a free trade zone, how about the latest progress? 03/21/2014 9:23:40
[Zhou Xiaolei]: It is learned that the free trade zone that Guangdong applied for covers Nansha, Hengqin, Qianhai and the Comprehensive Bonded Area of Baiyun International Area in Guangzhou. Guangdong Province has already submitted the relevant application plan and solicited comments from various ministries. The Customs will continue to promote the application of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao free trade area. 03/21/2014 10:49:44
[Netizen: Look at Stars]: The Customs proposed “relaxed supervision over the first line, effective control over the second line, separation of people and goods, and classified management is carried out”. Will it be very inconvenient for residents in Hengqin? Suppose I live in Hengqin, how about my living materials? 03/21/2014 10:17:37