Speeding Up Border Processes for Schoolchildren from Shenzhen to Hong Kong

Background
With the economic and cultural exchanges between Shenzhen and Hong Kong becoming more closed and frequent, the number of cross-border marriages has increased rapidly and the number of cross-boundary students has also been on the increase year by year. It is learned that the number of cross-border students in Shenzhen has exceeded 18 thousand and it is still growing. To enable their children to receive better education, many parents often choose to live in Shenzhen, and send their kids to be schooled in Hong Kong. It's quite challenging for the checkpoints to carry out inspection work in such a short period time, especially when the children are too young to follow the rules.
 
Challenges

• The workload is heavy by manual inspection as there are huge numbers of students making round trips between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

• Time is limited. Passing speed should be as quick as possible, or they'll be late for school.

• Some children are not old enough to follow the boarding process. High service demand is needed.
   

Solutions
In view of this particular group, China Immigration Inspection authorities have been continuously strengthening the innovation of the border entry - exit control model, actively providing quality and efficient clearance services for cross -boundary students. To this end, the authorities deployed Chainway C3000 mobile PDAs in Shenzhen checkpoints of Luohu and Sha Tau Kok. By scanning the traffic permit with built-in low-frequency badges wore by schoolchildren, the inspection time has been shortened from 8 to 10 seconds to 2 to 3 seconds.
 
Effects

• With C3000 handheld PDAs, clearance efficiency has been greatly improved; passing time has been shortened.

• It is comfortable and convenient for inspectors to carry the portable and compact C3000 anywhere they need in the checkpoint.

• Once a young kid is lost, quick access to his/ her basic identity information helped contact their guardians, ensuring child safety.

• Their identity information can be collected and uploaded in real time, which facilitate statistics or inquiries by some government departments.

 
PDA Configuration
P/N: C3000
Functions: LF RFID (125K), 3G (WCDMA), Wi-Fi