Citing a People's Daily Overseas Edition report, the Global Times said the rebuilt Huanggang Port opened at 6:30 a.m. on October 12. Opened in 1989 as China's first large land port with round-the-clock clearance, it now uses a joint-inspection model.
The Global Times, citing a People's Daily Overseas Edition dispatch from Hong Kong dated October 13, reported that the Huanggang Port linking Shenzhen and Hong Kong completed reconstruction and reopened at 6:30 a.m. on October 12, with the first travelers entering Hong Kong. The port opened in 1989 and is described as China's first large land port to run 24-hour clearance. After about seven years of rebuilding on the original site, the report said, it is positioned as the most important 24-hour passenger land crossing between the two cities.
광고 문의 · 300×250The key change is the clearance model. According to the report, the port uses a co-location arrangement together with a new 'joint inspection, one-time clearance' mode: registered travelers queue once and have their documents checked once to complete both Shenzhen and Hong Kong exit-entry procedures. Self-service lanes have three transparent gates that open after a single document swipe. One Hong Kong traveler said the two-sided checks used to take about half an hour and now take a few minutes.
On hardware, the new joint inspection building is reported to be the largest single port building in the country, with dome lighting and long, criss-crossing escalators. The ground floor has the first Hong Kong-Shenzhen 'five-in-one' vehicle inspection lane, combining data collection and system checks from five inspection agencies for one stop and one check, cutting vehicle clearance from about 10 minutes to about 2. The Hong Kong side has more than 500 direction signs and 300 road signs and a public transport interchange with buses and minibuses.
Early operating figures were also reported: by 8 a.m. on October 12 about 1,200 travelers had gone north and about 2,000 south by public transport, and by 8:30 a.m. foot traffic was 60 percent above normal and vehicle flow 30 percent higher. The Hong Kong government said it would keep monitoring operations and prepare for the weekend peak. The Hong Kong-side port area was established on July 31, and a joint command center started work before 6:30 a.m. on October 12. Chief Executive John Lee called the port a landmark project jointly built and shared by both cities and a milestone for connectivity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Travelers' reactions were cited as well. A Shenzhen resident said a single swipe was enough and the trip felt more comfortable; a Hong Kong resident stayed overnight to be among the first to enter; and a Shenzhen woman who works in Yuen Long said she no longer has to get on and off repeatedly and, finding it uncrowded even at peak, will commute this way daily. These are a handful of first-day interviews, and long-term crowding and weekend waiting times are not yet known. As movement of people and goods across the Greater Bay Area grows, the reopening may become a benchmark for clearance efficiency.