The total number of vehicles passing through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge's Zhuhai port exceeded 120,000 during the five-day May Day holiday from May 1 to 5, a sharp year-on-year increase of 44 percent, according to customs data.

According to the data released by the customs office on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the peak traffic volume through the port during the May Day holiday came at 15:00 to 19:00 on Monday. The daily number of vehicles passing through the port exceeded 28,000 on the day, a year-on-year increase of 50 percent, once again setting a new record for the port.
As of Monday, the total number of single-license plate vehicles from the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions that have passed through the port this year has exceeded 1.3 million, an increase of 34 percent over the same period of last year. Self-driving tours to cities around Guangdong Province and cross-border family visits by Hong Kong and Macao residents have become the main driving force for the growth of traffic through the mega bridge.
"I come back from time to time and go through the port each time. Sometimes we go to Zhuhai to have dishes. This time we are passing through the port for a trip to cities of Guangzhou, Zhaoqing and Dongguan," said a resident from Hong Kong.
In order to ensure smooth and orderly customs clearance during the holiday, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs has strengthened coordination and collaboration with various other ports and the relevant departments in Hong Kong and Macao to improve customs clearance service.
"At present, the customs clearance time for vehicles with no abnormality and no need for inspection does not exceed 10 seconds. We have built the country's first intelligent top-lighting image review system for passenger cars, which shortens the vehicle inspection time by about 30 percent," said Feng Wenjun, chief of the No.1 supervision section of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs Office.
Stretching more than 55 kilometers, the bridge links Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the Macao SAR and the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. It is the world's longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing.