This undated file photo shows the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is playing a significant role in the transportation of anti-pandemic supplies from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong.
Since the start of this year, 124 sets of prefabricated buildings, 70,000 oximeters, 3,000 air conditioners and other supplies that are used specifically for the construction of makeshift hospitals have passed through the checkpoint, according to local media reports
According to statistics from the Zhuhai port, trucks have made over 100,000 cross-border trips through the checkpoint so far this year, a 5 percent year-on-year increase. The number was also 3.7 times more than that recorded in the same period of 2019.
The remarkable growth can mainly be attributed to the increase of transportation of anti-pandemic supplies to Hong Kong, which has been ravaged by the fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Since the start of this year, 124 sets of prefabricated buildings, 70,000 oximeters, 3,000 air conditioners and other supplies that are used specifically for the construction of makeshift hospitals have passed through the checkpoint, according to local media reports.
Zhong Jianting, general manager of a Zhuhai-based supply chain company specializing in logistics services, said the volume of goods transported through Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge hit 21 million metric tons in the first quarter, growing 35 percent compared with the same period a year earlier. The goods were valued at nearly 3 billion yuan ($471 million), he said.
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The mega infrastructure project, the only land crossing in the country that connects the mainland with both Hong Kong and Macao, officially came into service in 2018.
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