[Starting from October 1st, fresh food supplied to Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be extended to 24-hour customs clearance] On September 29th, Gongbei Customs announced today that starting from October 1, 2026, the customs clearance time for fresh food supplied to Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be extended from 16 hours to 24 hours a day, which means that fresh food supplied to Hong Kong via the bridge can be "picked, packed and shipped at will", continuously enriching Hong Kong's "vegetable basket". According to customs statistics, since the bridge port opened all categories of mainland fresh food to Hong Kong on July 1, 2023, as of August 31, 2026, 320,000 tons of fresh food have been supplied to Hong Kong through the bridge port, with a value of 11.45 billion yuan. (CCTV News)