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technology, helping the development of relatively
backward countries and villages, and continuing the
socialist material progress.
4.2.17 NY. Liu Jie (Director of Port Administration Office)
gave an overview of the development of the
transportation system. Cross-border traffic has
increased steadily and the cooperation of both governments in fulfilling the agreement on opening the
border channels (30 April 2)
62) has been
beer satisfactory.
The Chinese side of the joint inspection tover at Luohu
has been in operation since June 85 and the Hong Kong
side since January $7. Or a peak day, some 130,000
passengers cross the border at Luohu. It is expected
that after the double-tracking of the railway between
Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the number of cross-border
passengers will further increse.
4.2.18 The Wenjindu Crossing completed in February 1985 has
been
eavily used. Ir 1986,
the number of vehicles
crossing the border at this point amounted to 2.11n,
representing an average of 5,793/day. In the first 6
months of 1987, the rumber was recorded at 1.33m
vehicles, equivalent to 7,590 veh/cay passing through
the point, giving an increse of 45% as compared with the
same period cf last year.
The average number of
vehicles crossing the border at this point was recorded
as high as 9,000 veh./day in the last 3 months. A11
these statistics indicate that the capacity of the
bridge has become saturated. Roth governments have
agreed that future cross-border permits would orly be
issued to users of the Shataukok Crossing which is at
present used by about 730 veh./day.