In order to comply with public opinion, further reduce the economic cost of people flow and logistics on both sides of citong bridge, speed up the development process of the city around the Bay, and meet the traffic demand, Quanzhou Municipal Government set up a special working body last year to conduct friendly consultations with citong bridge investment and construction management owners on recovering the franchise of the bridge in strict accordance with laws, regulations and related procedures, and reached a * * * understanding from the overall situation of urban development, which finally prompted citong bridge to cancel the toll in advance on New Year's Day on 20 16.