Since the beginning of this year, the number of inbound and outbound passengers at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport has exceeded 10 million (see chart)

The picture shows that customs officers supervise the duty-free sales of "China-Chic" goods at ports

Since the beginning of this year, the new terminal building (T3 terminal) of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport has opened up international business, expanded routes, and improved customs clearance efficiency. The passenger and cargo flows at the port have steadily increased, and the vitality of opening up to the outside world continues to strengthen. According to statistics from Guangzhou Customs, as of June 24th this year, the number of inbound and outbound personnel supervised by Guangzhou Customs through the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport port has exceeded 10 million, reaching a scale of 10 million passengers one month earlier than last year, with a year-on-year increase of over 21%, setting a new historical high for the same period at the port.  

The optimization and improvement of the air route network is the core support for the dual growth of passenger and cargo flow at ports. Since this year, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport port has added and encrypted 14 international passenger and cargo routes, 13 of which are accessible to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road", and deeply enable connectivity. At present, the number of international and regional navigation points at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport has exceeded 100, and the connectivity and radiation capabilities of international aviation hubs continue to increase.

To ensure efficient and convenient customs clearance for inbound and outbound passengers, we continue to promote the construction of smart customs, comprehensively applying advanced machine inspection, intelligent map review and other technologies to ensure that inbound passengers can pass through customs without feeling any discomfort. We closely cooperate with civil aviation and security departments to achieve "one-time inspection" for outbound customs clearance. Lu Fang, the head of the Travel Inspection Department of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Customs, introduced that since the beginning of this year, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Customs has supervised about 62000 inbound and outbound aircraft at the port, with a daily average of 58000 inbound and outbound personnel and a peak daily passenger flow of 68000.

The further enrichment of the airline network has also driven the improvement and increase of port freight quality. As of June 24th this year, the import and export cargo volume at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport port has exceeded 700000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%, providing a smooth air channel for the stable operation of cross-border logistics, foreign trade industry chain and supply chain in the Greater Bay Area.

Cross border passenger flow continues to grow, further activating new forms of duty-free consumption at ports. Based on the dual development needs of cultural and tourism consumption and domestic goods going global, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Customs has optimized its duty-free supervision services to assist in the transformation and upgrading of duty-free business at the port.

"Since this year, we have supported port duty-free stores to introduce time-honored products, cultural and creative products, intangible cultural heritage products and other high-quality products that reflect the excellent traditional Chinese culture, set up special stores to sell domestic products, constantly improve the supervision process of duty-free goods for domestic goods, and increase the sales of domestic products in duty-free stores." Chen Pingting, head of the duty-free goods supervision section of the Customs Audit Business Department of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, said that at present, there are 26 duty-free sales stores at the port of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, 2 pick-up points of duty-free stores in the city, and more than 11000 kinds of duty-free goods are on sale, including cosmetics, China-Chic jewelry, tobacco and alcohol, as well as domestic mobile phones, tablets and other electronic products.

According to Guangzhou Customs statistics, since the beginning of this year, the sales of duty-free goods at Guangzhou Port have exceeded 700 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%. (Guan Yue/Text)