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Shenzhen authorities consider building new Luohu co-location border crossing with Hong Kong, allow East Rail line extension for ‘seamless connectivity’
- Official says plan is to build a control point in Luohu, with co-location arrangements adopted
- Shenzhen authorities started plans to redevelop Luohu checkpoint in 2022
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Shenzhen authorities have said they will consider building a new co-location checkpoint and allow Hong Kong’s East Rail line to be extended for greater cross-border integration.
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Mainland Chinese officials said on Sunday they would like to take the opportunity to redevelop the control point at Luohu, known as Lo Wu on the Hong Kong side, and cooperate with the city government to achieve “seamless connectivity”.
Li Qian, deputy director of the Shenzhen Luohu District Development and Reform Bureau, said: “[Our plan is to] build a control point in Luohu, with co-location arrangements adopted.
“By this arrangement, one can go from the core district of Luohu in Shenzhen to the core district of Hong Kong via railway in about 50 minutes. This can also allow greater integration and development of the core districts of both places.”
Shenzhen authorities started plans to redevelop the Luohu checkpoint in 2022.
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In her 2021 policy address, then Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor also touched on the concept of exploring an extension of the East Rail line to Luohu and the provision of co-location arrangements at the boundary control point on the Shenzhen side.
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