The Liantang Port/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen will be opened on August 26 to ease the pressure on cross-boundary freight traffic at land ports, the HKSAR Government said on August 23.

Michael Wong, secretary for development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, said the Liantang Port/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point is the seventh land-based control point at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary, which can relieve the existing cross-boundary freight traffic and facilitate the smooth, efficient operation of cross-boundary logistics.

In view of the COVID-19 epidemic, both Guangdong and Hong Kong have agreed to open first the cargo clearance facilities for use by cross-boundary goods vehicles, he said.

According to Wong, major facilities in the new control point included goods vehicles kiosks, customs examination building and X-ray vehicle inspection building for inbound and outbound cargo, and immigration office, and there is a pedestrian bridge linking the passenger terminal buildings of Hong Kong and neighboring Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province.