The Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on Friday handled 156,000 inbound and outbound passenger trips, marking the highest single-day traffic volume since the bridge's opening in 2018, as Spring Festival travel peaks.
A variety of cultural activities in south China's Guangdong Province during the Spring Festival holiday, such as intangible cultural heritage exhibitions and street performances, have attracted large numbers of visitors from China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
"I came from Hong Kong to visit friends and relatives. I'll stay for two to three days, bringing my child for a visit," said Mr. Lee, a Hong Kong resident.
"We come from Hong Kong and are heading to Zhuhai. After a meal there, we'll go to Zhongshan to see the fireworks. We want to experience the different atmosphere between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong," said Miss Chan, another Hong Kong resident.
The 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has become a key crossing point for Hong Kong and Macao residents traveling to Chinese mainland thanks to its convenient location.
From Tuesday to Friday, the first four days of this year's eight-day Spring Festival holiday, over 454,000 passenger trips and over 69,000 vehicle trips were recorded through the bridge's Zhuhai port, a 22 percent and 32 percent increase, respectively, compared with the same period last year.
To handle the surge, the bridge's border control stations have taken various measures to optimize the customs process.
"We have increased manpower, and set up additional check-in spots. We've also offered 'drive-through' inspections for those in need to maximize passage efficiency," said Wang Yixuan, a spokeswoman for the bridge's border inspection station.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge sees record daily passenger trips
East China's Jiangsu Province has been implementing an action plan of using artificial intelligence technologies to empower its new industrialization, with machines and equipment upgraded by AI techs that benefit both enterprises and workers.
According to the Jiangsu Provincial Industry and Information Technology Department, this year, the province will further implement the action plan of AI powered new industrialization, make a retrofit and upgrade list for smart equipment, industrial software, and infrastructure transformation, and select a batch of "AI plus" equipment of exceptional quality.
In Nanjing City, capital of Jiangsu, innovation has been transforming the landscape of the construction sector, with AI-powered driverless excavators operating in mine and reducing workers' exposure to dust and noise.
"The advanced technologies nowadays are something I never expected before. Since I started operating excavators, I always worked on construction sites. Now, our work environment has improved. I'm happy at work and can drive more efficiently," said Chen Yuewen, an excavator operator.
BuilderX Robotics, an intelligent control system developer, has been helping improve the precision of remote control of heavy machinery with innovative "tele-operation plus AI" technology.
By gathering 3D information and training the computers, an excavators can identify items on the construction site all by itself, said Sui Shaolong, CEO of BuilderX Robotics.
"Originally when you sit inside the excavator, you know exactly how deep it is, the distance. But when you do tele-operations with a screen, it's pretty hard to tell [the situation on the ground]. So, what we do is, the lights are generated. The point cloud, which is like a 3D surroundings informations, together with the image, we can do the training and train the computers to know exactly, for example, where the bucket is," he said.
AI empowers new industrialization in Jiangsu
