The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress held a regular meeting in Beijing from 19 to 23 this month. Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, stated that due to a recent case in Hong Kong with an unknown source, he received a notice from the Office of National Epidemic Prevention and Control yesterday (15th) and refused to approve him and Three other non-voting representatives attended the meeting.
In response to "Hong Kong 01" enquiry, Tam Yiu-chung said that there should be no Hong Kong-related agenda for this meeting.
He pointed out that the Mainland attaches great importance to cases of unknown origin, and also revealed that it is not the first time that the meeting has not been able to go to Beijing due to the epidemic. Last year, the meeting was held in Hong Kong by video.
The last meeting was due to the "Anti-Sanctions Law" on the agenda
Tan Yaozong, who was originally scheduled to depart two days later, revealed that the regular meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in mid-August this year had been recommended by the Mainland not to attend. Meeting.” One of the agendas of the regular meeting was to consider the inclusion of the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in Annex III of the Basic Law. As a result, Tan Zhi made special arrangements. He was the only one in the port area and no other people were present. The agenda was finally put on hold without a vote.
Advocate the gradual exemption of customs clearance restrictions and quotas
Tan Yaozong pointed out that the prevention and control of the epidemic in the Mainland is extremely strict. When there is a change in Hong Kong, especially cases of unknown origin, the Mainland will tighten even more.
After a long period of "clearing" in Hong Kong, unidentified cases reappeared. Tan pointed out that depending on the situation in Hong Kong, customs clearance with the mainland is not optimistic. He frankly said that any case would cause great obstacles to customs clearance.
He pointed out that Hong Kong and the Mainland have been isolated for a long time, which has had a great impact on people's livelihood and business exchanges. He believes that the governments of the two places "always have to find a way out." But only for visiting relatives, business or special reasons.
The health code must be integrated with the mainland to have a tracking function
Tan Yaozong gave specific examples, "For example, if you get two injections or even three injections, the requirement is certain; or if you want to test the antibody, you need to do the embedded nucleic acid test beforehand. In addition, the application is made in advance, just like the Macao application 14 days in advance." The most important thing in Xiazhong is to set up a "health code", which must be combined with the mainland health code and have a tracking function.
Tan explained that the mainland is very concerned about obtaining such information, because once there is an epidemic, close contacts and affected people can be traced.
He said that the Hong Kong government must carefully handle cases of unknown source, try to find the source, and inform the mainland to let the other party understand the epidemic prevention situation in Hong Kong. He also pointed out that the Lunar New Year is an important program, and hopes that it will be able to pass customs with limited conditions before.
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