Do mainlanders need passports to go to Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s?

At that time, the policy was relatively loose, and it was convenient for many people to go to Hong Kong.

1982 During Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Hong Kong, a group of people pardoned by the Hong Kong Government included remanded prisoners, tourists visiting relatives in Hong Kong and illegal immigrants.

Before going to Hong Kong in the 1970s, as long as someone sent a letter back from Hong Kong, indicating that you had relatives in Hong Kong and sent some foreign exchange there, you were eligible to apply to the exit administration department. In fact, it is not necessarily a relative, but as long as it is a relative, you can apply. Of course, approval depends on entry and exit, but many people have been approved. Later, the conditions became stricter and fewer people applied.

Later, Guangdong province was very strict about marriage, which attracted the attention of the public security departments in Hong Kong and the mainland because there were too many people doing it. But few people have done it in recent years because it is too long. If couples really get married, they don't want to go to Hong Kong, so now Fujian Province has the most applications for marriage, and Fuqing Changle is the majority.

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