On the morning of 22 February, the Public Security Ministry’s Traffic Management Bureau issued an advisory forecasting the heaviest highway traffic of the Spring-Festival period over the next 48 hours. Officials urged motorists to stagger departure times and reiterated the 30-minute maximum-queue pledge at toll gates. The notice singled out the Beijing–Shanghai, Beijing–Guangzhou and Hangzhou–Shenzhen expressways as critical corridors for both domestic and cross-border travellers returning from Hong Kong and Macau. Additional temporary inspection booths were set up at Shenzhen Bay and Zhuhai Gongbei land ports to separate passenger vehicles from freight, reducing average document-check times to under 90 seconds.
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For expatriate staff driving across the border, companies should remind employees to carry both their Chinese mainland driving permit and the Hong Kong ‘Cross-Boundary Vehicle’ plate approval, as on-the-spot fines for paperwork lapses are being strictly enforced during the peak. The ministry also trialled new AI-powered traffic-prediction dashboards that feed live volume data to Baidu Maps and AutoNavi. Early tests show the system can predict 30-minute congestion windows with 84 % accuracy, helping route planners for staff shuttles and ride-hailing fleets.
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For expatriate staff driving across the border, companies should remind employees to carry both their Chinese mainland driving permit and the Hong Kong ‘Cross-Boundary Vehicle’ plate approval, as on-the-spot fines for paperwork lapses are being strictly enforced during the peak. The ministry also trialled new AI-powered traffic-prediction dashboards that feed live volume data to Baidu Maps and AutoNavi. Early tests show the system can predict 30-minute congestion windows with 84 % accuracy, helping route planners for staff shuttles and ride-hailing fleets.
