Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Government today (July 24) published in the Gazette six pieces of subsidiary legislation relating to the operation of the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area and the Related Extended Areas (collectively referred to as the Hong Kong Port Area), so as to tie in with the actual operational needs of the Hong Kong Port Area after the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Ordinance (Cap. 659) (the Ordinance) comes into operation on July 31, 2026.
The redeveloped Huanggang Port in Shenzhen will implement the colocation arrangement and is positioned as the most important 24-hour passenger land boundary control point between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Ordinance has been gazetted on July 20, 2026, providing the legal basis for the declaration of the Hong Kong Port Area and the application of the laws of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong Port Area. To tie in with the supporting arrangements for the administration of the Hong Kong Port Area as a closed area, the designation of detention facilities, traffic and transport management, and the provision of public mobile radiocommunications services, etc, the Government has made six pieces of subsidiary legislation. These six pieces of subsidiary legislation will come into operation on July 31, 2026, at the same time with the Ordinance.