Hong Kong seeks joint customs checkpoint with mainland on express rail to Guangzhou

Hong Kong is launching a joint checkpoint arrangement for the express rail link connecting it with Guangzhou with the signing of a deal between the special administrative region and Guangdong province.Legal experts and lawmakers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region voiced support for the deal, praising the government's efficiency. They called on the public to work with the government to implement the plan to launch joint checkpoint service at West Kowloon Station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

The deal lays the legal foundation to have designated places in the terminus that allow authorities from both sides to go through customs checks.

The deal was the first in a "three-step process" for implementing a joint checkpoint arrangement.