Is the customs of Macau Guanzha and Zhuhai Gongbei the same customs?

The customs of Guanzha in Macao and Gongbei in Zhuhai are very close, but they are not the same customs.

Gongbei Port is a port in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China, which is located in the southeast of Zhuhai City and adjacent to Macau. It is the port connecting Macao and Zhuhai, Guangdong, and the intersection of "one country, two systems". Gongbei is an important port in China. "Gongbei" was named after the word "arch" of the landmark arch bridge in this area and the word "north" of Beiling at that time.

Guanzha is one of the two land entrances and exits between China Macao Special Administrative Region and Guangdong Province. Originally located in the middle section of Guanzha Road, 1574 (the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty) was built in Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province. It is a three-story Chinese-style gatehouse, which was rebuilt after it was closed in 1673 (the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty), and the Jiaguan Hall was set to be closed in flood season.

In the 27th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1688), the Qing government established the Macau General Port, one of the seven general ports of Guangdong Customs, which was the predecessor of Gongbei Customs. In the 29th year of Qing Daoguang (1849), a corresponding checkpoint was set up in Macao, which was called "closing the door".

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In 2008, Gongbei Customs and Macao closed the gates simultaneously.

At 7: 00 a.m. on March 1 2008, Zhuhai Gongbei Customs and Macau Customs opened at the same time, waiting for people from the two checkpoints to enter in turn. It seems that this is just another busy and ordinary southern morning, but it is a brand-new day for people who live and work in Zhuhai and Macao.

Because, this is the first time that Gongbei Customs has changed the practice of opening and closing at 7: 30 in the past for many years, and opened and closed at 7: 00 in the morning, in synchronization with Macao's closure. At about 8 o'clock, Zhong, a member of Macao Political Consultative Conference, and representatives of Macao People's Congress visited the port in person, and they were pleased that their "30-minute" proposal and motion had received such a good response.

In the view of Lv Bo, a member of the Macao CPPCC, there are historical reasons for the unsynchronized opening of Gongbei Customs and Macao.

In the previous Portuguese rule, people all went from Macao to the mainland, and almost no one went from the mainland to Macao. However, there are still hundreds of meters from Macau to Gongbei Customs. Therefore, it is not necessary for Gongbei Customs to open and close at the same time as Macao's closure, but to open and close in 30 minutes.

However, after the reform and opening up, the number of mainland tour groups to Macao has gradually increased. Especially after the implementation of "free travel" in recent years, the number of cross-strait entry and exit is almost the same. In addition, a considerable number of Macao people buy houses in Zhuhai, go to work and go to school in Macao in the morning and return to Zhuhai in the evening. These people are about two or three thousand a day.

So slowly, these 30 minutes became a contradiction. Some people who have gone through the formalities of closing the gate in Macao wait in front of the glass door of Gongbei Customs, and then rush in, which often causes some accidents such as bumps.

In 2004, as social supervisors of Zhuhai Border Inspection Station, Lv Bo, members, Zhong and members submitted their opinions on this issue. However, due to the shortage of border inspection and customs personnel, the problem has not been solved.

At the "two sessions" in 2005, members put forward a proposal on customs clearance again. At the same time, NPC representatives from Macao also put forward a proposal, hoping to realize the introduction of "opening the gates at the same time". At first, the relevant parties initially replied, but due to objective reasons, it could not be implemented temporarily. Members expressed "dissatisfaction" with this reply.

However, just in late February, Lv Bo and other members heard from CCTV news that Gongbei and Macau would be opened simultaneously from March 1. Then at the end of February, they received a letter from the Guangdong Port Office informing them that the gates of Gongbei and Macau would be opened at the same time.

Qi Xin, a member of the Macao CPPCC and NPC deputy, worked together to solve the contradiction caused by 30 minutes, which made the members feel very happy.

Committee members also said that Gongbei border inspection and customs cooperated well, starting work at 6: 30 in the morning, 15 minutes later, and opening the gate at 7: 00 on time, which was very good.

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