The port of entry and exit consists of a cross-boundary passenger terminal building, where the counterparts of mainland China and the Hong Kong SAR are co-located. A "Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area", including part of the building and its adjacent area, and the entire length of the bridge on Chinese waters, is placed under Hong Kong jurisdiction under a lease until 30 June 2047,[1] the eve of the 50th anniversary of the SAR. It is where Hong Kong's Shenzhen Bay Control Point is located.
The rest of the Port area is Shenzhen Bay Port Shenzhen Port Area.[citation needed]
The port of entry was commissioned on 1 July 2007.
Shenzhen Bay Port is part of the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor,[2] which was proposed by the Shenzhen municipal government to the Chinese central government [2] as well as the colonial British government of Hong Kong in the 1990s.[3][4] Hong Kong became the first special administrative region of China (SAR) on 1 July 1997. In March 2001, a feasibility study by the Hong Kong government, suggested to build the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor.[5] A further inter-government meeting in July 2001 concluded that, the border checkpoint of the Corridor should be co-located in the same place,[6] thus the birth of Shenzhen Bay Port, which was sub-divided into Hong Kong Port Area and Shenzhen Port Area. The name Shenzhen Bay Port (simplified Chinese: 深圳湾口岸; traditional Chinese: 深圳灣口岸) was agreed by another inter-government meeting in August 2004.[7][nb 1] Hong Kong government also entrusted Shenzhen municipal government to build the facilities of the Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area in July 2004.[9] Some of the facilities was also sub-contracted to Hong Kong firm, such as Hsin Chong–Aster JV was responsible for the electrical and mechanical engineering of the Passenger Terminal Building (Hong Kong Side) of the Hong Kong Port Area.[10]
The Port connects to Hong Kong via the Shenzhen Bay Bridge,[11] the main component of the Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor.
Management
Hong Kong government also managed the Shenzhen section of the Shenzhen Bay Bridge, another component of the Corridor, despite geographically inside the boundary of Shenzhen.[15] Shenzhen section of the bridge was in-between the Hong Kong section of the bridge, and the land area of the Port, which partly leased to Hong Kong as Hong Kong Port Area.
Connection on the Hong Kong side
Once landed on the land area of Hong Kong at Ngau Hom Shek, the cross-border traffic would use Kong Sham Western Highway[16] and then the existing road networks to go to their destinations in Hong Kong.
Connection on the Shenzhen side
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Shenzhen Bay Control Point, inside Hong Kong Port Area, is the first boundary control point with the immigration facilities of the Hong Kong side co-located in the same passenger terminal building with the mainland side. This allows passengers and vehicles for departure and arrival customs clearance to take place within a short distance.[17][18][page needed] The Hong Kong Government has to pay rent to the Shenzhen government for the use of the port area, amounting to RMB 6 million per year. The rental agreement lasts until 30 June 2047.[19]
^In the English press release on the same day, the name was translated as Shenzhen Bay Control Point.[8] Shenzhen Bay Control Point was later used as the translation of Chinese: 深圳灣管制站 only.
^ ab西部通道深圳侧接线工程相关手续是否合法. 深圳特区报 (in Chinese (China)). Shenzhen. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2019 – via Sina news portal. 根据调查，1996年原深圳市计划局在上报国家有关部门的《深港西部通道（深圳湾公路大桥）项目建议书》中，申报的拟建项目建设规模只包括深圳湾公路大桥和一线口岸
^Legislative Council Secretariat (24 September 2003). "Background brief on Northwest New Territories Traffic and Infrastructure Development"(PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 10 February 2019. In March 2001, the Administration completed Stages 1 and 2 of the Cross-links Further Study (the Study) which assessed the future cross boundary traffic demand. The Study confirmed the need to construct the fourth land boundary crossing - the Shenzhen Western Corridor (SWC) together with its connecting road, the Deep Bay Link (DBL) - to satisfy future demand.
^"Legislative Council paper: Shenzhen Western Corridor and Deep Bay Link"(PDF). Transport Bureau; Legislative Council. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 10 February 2019. At the 4th Plenary of the Hong Kong / Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference held on 25 July 2001, further agreement has been reached on the principle of co-locating the boundary crossing facilities for immigration and customs clearance procedures on the Shenzhen side in planning SWC.
^粵港合作聯席會議第七次會議 (Press release) (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong Government. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2019. 聯席會議原則上同意深港西部通道新口岸建成後命名為「深圳灣口岸」
^"Entrustment Agreement on Construction of Boundary Crossing Signed" (Press release). Hong Kong Government. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2019. The Secretary for Security, Mr Ambrose S K Lee, today (July 22) on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (HKSARG) attended a signing ceremony in Shenzhen for the agreement to entrust the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government with the construction of the boundary crossing facilities of the Hong Kong side at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor (HK-SWC).
^"Roads in New Territories". Hong Kong: Highways Department. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2019. Kong Sham Western Highway is a dual three-lane carriageway with a total length of about 5.4km, extending from Ngau Hom Shek in the north near the shoreline to Lam Tei in the south…… The Shenzhen Bay Bridge is an additional cross boundary link from Shenzhen to join up with Kong Sham Western Highway on the Hong Kong side.
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