The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Port Office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government issued a joint announcement today: According to the “State Council's Approval to Use the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area and Related Extension Areas”, the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area and related extension areas will be operated from 00:00 on July 31, 2026 and will be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The official opening date will be agreed by the Guangdong and Hong Kong governments. The new joint inspection building at Huanggang Port has passed the inspection. Hong Kong and Shenzhen have completed a series of system tests, trial operation and emergency drills to confirm that Huanggang Port has the conditions for opening. Following negotiations between the Guangdong and Hong Kong governments, Huanggang Port is scheduled to officially open and operate at 6:30 a.m. on October 12, 2026 to provide 24-hour customs clearance services for passengers and passenger vehicles, while suspending travel inspection services between the temporary travel inspection building at Huanggang Port in Shenzhen and the Lok Ma Chau Control Point in Hong Kong.

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