On the 24th, it was learned from the Zhuhai Border Inspection Station that as of 13:00 on the same day, the new Hengqin Port, which was put into operation on August 18, 2020, had inspected over 100 million inbound and outbound personnel and over 11.7 million inbound and outbound vehicles. In less than 6 years, Hengqin Port has become one of the busiest cross-border channels in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, and the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area has entered the "fast lane". Hengqin Port is a landmark project for the interconnection of infrastructure in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. It is the first port in the country to implement the "cooperative inspection, one-time release" customs clearance mode. In November 2025, the channel will be upgraded again to achieve seamless clearance through facial recognition, further enhancing the level of convenience. The deputy head of Hengqin Border Inspection Station once introduced that the average daily passenger flow at Hengqin Port was about 20000 people in the initial stage of operation, and now it has stabilized at 100000 people, with an average annual growth rate of over 40%. In 2025, the number of inbound and outbound passengers through this port will exceed 30 million for the first time, an increase of over 275% compared to 2021. Lu Xiaoqing, a young entrepreneur in Hengqin and engaged in the exhibition industry in Macau, travels back and forth between the two cities every day. She sighed, "In the past, we had to queue up on both sides to clear customs, but now we can complete everything in one step. Time is efficiency, and this smooth clearance experience has saved a lot of time and cost for cross-border entrepreneurship." The port is busy, and the bay area is bustling. The bidirectional growth of passenger flow and vehicle flow reflects the vigorous vitality of the integration of Qinhuangdao and Macao. According to data, as of the end of February this year, the number of Macau residents working, living, and residing in the Hengqin Guangdong Macau Deep Cooperation Zone has exceeded 30000, and the number of registered Australian owned business entities in the cooperation zone has exceeded 7900, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. Nowadays, buses with the "Qin'ao Cross border Student Bus" logo are available for inspection upon arrival on the port lanes. Cross border students on board can complete the inspection without getting off the bus and go directly to the Macau campus. In the past, you had to get off and queue up to get your child through customs, which took a long time on the road. Now, you can get on the bus directly from your doorstep to the school gate. ”Mr. Hong, a parent who lives in Hengqin and whose children are studying in Macau, said. The relevant person in charge of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone stated that the sense of gain and belonging of residents in both Qinqin and Macao is constantly increasing, from "being able to communicate" to "being able to communicate well", from "walking fast" to "being able to stay". From seamless hardware integration to deep integration of rules, the coordinated efforts of infrastructure "hard connectivity" and rule mechanism "soft connectivity" are writing a new chapter in the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area. (New Society)