The first batch of visitors from the Chinese mainland cross to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at Futian port in Shenzhen on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG – Quarantine free travel between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region resumed on Sunday morning.
Authorities will allow 60,000 people a day to travel each way between Hong Kong and the mainland via seven border ports.
The passengers will not be subject to quarantine, but need to provide a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 48 hours.
The first batch of cross-boundary passengers line up and wait for immigration counters to open at Lok Ma Chau Station on Jan 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of cross-boundary passengers line up and wait for immigration counters to open at Lok Ma Chau Station on Jan 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of cross-boundary passengers line up at immigration counters at Lok Ma Chau Station on Jan 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of cross-boundary passengers line up at immigration counters at Lok Ma Chau Station on Jan 8, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Hong Kong residents line up for cross-boundary coaches at Prince Edward on Jan 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of visitors from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region cross to the Chinese mainland at Futian port in Shenzhen on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of visitors from the Chinese mainland line up at an immigration counter to cross to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at Futian port in Shenzhen on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of visitors from the Chinese mainland cross to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at Futian port in Shenzhen on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
Residents from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region cross to the Chinese mainland at the Futian port in Shenzhen as quarantine-free travel resumed on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of visitors from the Chinese mainland to cross to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at Futian port in Shenzhen on Jan 8, 2022. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
The first batch of cross-boundary passengers line up at China Ferry Terminal on Jan 8, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)