The Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station has opened full passageways to ensure smooth customs clearance for passengers. Shi Mingming Figure
At 7:43 a.m. on August 11, China Southern Airlines added an international flight from Shanghai to Seoul, South Korea, and 180 passengers flew from Pudong Airport to Seoul Incheon Airport on flight CZ369, which is the ninth new international flight at Pudong Airport Port since August.
International flights are gradually encrypted
From August 1 to 11, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Spring Autumn, Jixiang and other airlines successively added flights to the United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea. Among them, the average daily increase in regular passenger flights between Japan and South Korea was about 20, an increase of 25% over the same period last month, which is the route with the largest increase in passenger flights at Pudong Airport Port in recent times. "At present, Pudong Airport has resumed international (regional) passenger flights one after another, and has been opened to more than 40 countries and regions, with an average of more than 330 international passenger flights entering and leaving the port every day, an increase of more than 20% over the previous month." Hu Shiyun, director of the border inspection department of Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station, introduced. It is reported that among the international passenger flights that have been opened to Pudong Airport, flights to and from Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan account for more than 30%, 30% and 20% respectively.
The civilian police are assisting passengers in using the fast track to clear customs. Shi Mingming Figure
With the orderly resumption of outbound group travel and "air ticket + hotel" business, flights to and from Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and Europe are expected to be further encrypted, providing more convenience and choice for passengers.
Entry and exit policies have been continuously optimized
"This year, the company has a new business in Shanghai, and it is necessary to travel frequently between the two places, and it is indeed inconvenient to apply for a Chinese visa in advance before entering the country, and now it is necessary to resume visa-free entry, which saves us time, effort and money!" On August 10, Mr. Chen, a Singaporean tourist who entered China on SQ830, told the immigration management police that since July 26, China has resumed the 15-day visa-free entry policy for Singapore and Brunei with ordinary passports to come to China for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, and transit personnel, which has provided more convenience for personnel exchanges, and the number of foreign inbound passengers for the purpose of business and family visits at Pudong Airport Port is increasing in an orderly manner. In the first 10 days of August, more than 53,000 foreign passengers arrived at the port, an increase of 5% over the previous month. During this period, the Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station issued 144-hour visa-free temporary entry permits for more than 900 eligible foreign passengers, creating a better entry and exit experience for international passengers coming to the Yangtze River Delta region for a short time.
Inbound and outbound passenger flows hit a new high.
The civilian police are verifying information on passenger documents. Shi Mingming Figure
Route encryption, many flights, high load factor, coupled with the summer vacation travel boom, the passenger flow of Pudong Airport Port continues to rise. After the average daily number of inbound and outbound personnel at the port exceeded 60,000 in July, the number of single-day arrivals and departures exceeded 70,000 for the first time on August 6, setting a single-day peak passenger flow in more than three years. According to the border inspection statistics of Shanghai Airport, since the summer season, more than 50% of Chinese mainland residents have traveled to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea, as well as Hong Kong and Macao, which are still popular destinations for outbound tourism.
"Taking advantage of the children's summer vacation, the family goes to Phuket to take the elderly and children to relax and relax." At noon on August 10, Ms. Huang, who took her children to Thailand, said. Affected by the superposition of multiple passenger flows such as summer student flow, tourism flow, and family visits, Pudong Airport has significantly increased the number of parent-child tourists with children like Ms. Huang. "Commissioned by the school, I led students to study and exchange in England and France. Pudong Airport has relatively many direct international routes to Europe, making travel more convenient. On the same day, Teacher Wu from Zhejiang said. During the summer games, it is not uncommon for Pudong Airport Port Study Tour Groups to go out with family members or under the guidance of teachers, accounting for about one-third of the total number of outbound passengers.
Pudong Airport Apron. Lu Kangping Photo
Border inspection measures are efficient and pragmatic. According to the deployment requirements of the National Immigration Administration and the Shanghai Border Inspection Station, the Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station will discuss and judge in advance the measures to deal with the peak passenger flow, leaders at all levels will be in front of the command, stationed at the point to supervise, front-line civilian police and civilian personnel will all be on duty, on duty overnight, and the standby police force will dynamically support to ensure that the verification channel is fully opened during peak hours, and at the same time guide eligible passengers to the fast track inspection area to reduce the waiting time of passengers queuing for inspection. According to statistics, since the summer season, more than 1.2 million passengers have entered and exited the country through the border inspection fast channel. The station also continuously optimizes the channel settings in view of the characteristics of many outbound teams, many family passengers, and a high proportion of children, and sets the artificial channel adjacent to the fast channel as a green channel to provide humanized help and create a good port customs clearance environment.