The 55-kilometer Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge links the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and the city of Zhuhai – all of which are located in south China. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Before the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened, a trip from Zhuhai to Hong Kong meant either taking the ferry for more than an hour…
A drone photo shows the Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong province, Jan 6, 2026. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Hong Kong will start accepting applications on Wednesday for 1,400 regular cross-border private car quotas for travel across the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, as authorities move to further facilitate travel between Zhuhai…
Hong Kong authorities uncovered 23 cross-boundary and transshipment counterfeiting cases in a joint operation with mainland China and Macau in April, seizing about 46,000 items worth an estimated HK$16 million (US$2 million). The Customs and Excise Department said on Friday that the operation found that 21 cases involved local express couriers and logistics companies. The…
Hong Kong customs officers have seized 986 smuggled live turtles worth about HK$1 million (US$127,620) from a private car attempting to leave the city, arresting the driver and a passenger. Officers discovered the turtles hidden in seven black plastic bags in the vehicle’s boot at the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge control point on Tuesday. A 42-year-old…
Hong Kong recorded a 13 per cent surge in visitors from mainland China during the Lunar New Year holiday, with the influx boosting jewellery sales by 10 per cent during the period despite a sharp rise in gold prices. Industry representatives said on Sunday that festive business had outperformed last year’s, though the recovery remained…
Hong Kong plans to test a new channel using facial recognition at one of its checkpoints by June to cut clearance time to five seconds, with immigration authorities handling a record 335 million people entering and leaving the city last year. Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung said at an annual press conference on Friday…
Hong Kong customs has intercepted more than 83,000 counterfeit items worth about HK$36 million (US$4.62 million) as part of a recent crackdown, warning that criminals are using the heightened seasonal demand as a “smokescreen” to move illicit goods to Europe and the Americas. The Customs and Excise Department said on Wednesday that the operation ran…
Published on November 18, 2025 Across the dynamic coastline of southern China, a remarkable engineering landmark has emerged as both a transport revolution and a thriving visitor attraction. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, extending an extraordinary 55 kilometres across the Pearl River Delta, has increasingly been recognised as one of the most captivating travel experiences in…
Hongkongers will be able to use facial recognition at more mainland Chinese checkpoints, while more professionals from additional regions across the border will be granted longer stays in the city under new policies announced by national immigration authorities on Monday. According to the National Immigration Administration, Hong Kong residents with a mainland travel permit will,…
Guangdong vehicles will be able to stay in Hong Kong for a maximum of three days under a new scheme facilitating cross-border travel that is set to begin next month. Cars in Hong Kong in June 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. As part of the Southbound Travel Scheme, up to 100 vehicles from Guangdong will be…