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{{Short description|Immigration control point on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Border}}
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| name = Heung Yuen Wai Control Point<br>Liantang Port
| native_name = {{lang|zh-hk|香園圍管制站}}<br>{{lang|zh-cn|莲塘口岸}}
| image = Liantang-Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point under construction (20190318154346).jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Heung Yuen Wai Control Point under construction in March 2019, view from Hong Kong towards Shenzhen
| building_type = [[Border control]]
| cost = 
| location = [[Heung Yuen Wai]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]]
| location_country =
| namesake = 
| management = [[Customs and Excise Department (Hong Kong)|Customs and Excise Department]], [[Immigration Department (Hong Kong)|Immigration Department]]
| coordinates = {{coord|22|33|15.43|N|114|9|8.72|E|type:landmark_region:HK|display=inline,title}}
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 | crosses             = [[Frontier Closed Area]]
 | toll                = No toll
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| start_date = 
| opened_date = 26 August 2020 (cargo)<br>6 February 2023 (passenger)
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| website = [https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/land_based_cross_boundary_transport/access_to_heung_yuen_wai_control_point/index.html td.gov.hk (Hong Kong)]
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{{infobox chinese |t=香園圍管制站 |s=香园围管制站|showflag=pj |p=Xiāngyuánwéi guǎnzhìzhàn|j=hoeng1 jyun4 wai4 gun2 zai3 zaam6 |y=hēung yùhn wàih gún jai jaahm}}
{{infobox chinese|title=Liantang Port |t=蓮塘口岸|s=莲塘口岸 |showflag=pj |p=Liántáng kǒuàn|j=lin4 tong4 hau2 ngon6 }}

'''Heung Yuen Wai Control Point''' ({{zh|t=香園圍管制站}}) is a land border control point at the border at [[Heung Yuen Wai]] in [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]], [[New Territories]], [[Hong Kong]]. Its counterpart across the border is '''Liantang Port''' ({{zh|s=莲塘口岸|p=}}) in [[Shenzhen]], [[Guangdong]]. The control point opened for freight trucks on 26 August 2020<ref name=open>{{Cite web|url=https://topick.hket.com/article/2730934?r=cpstni|title=【新口岸】香園圍口岸8月26日啟用 初期限貨運朝7晚10通關 - 香港經濟日報 - TOPick - 新聞 - 社會}}</ref><ref name=immd>[https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/contactus/control_points.html "Control Point Locations" www.immd.gov.hk]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=钟玉岚|title=In pics: Liantang Port/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point at Hong Kong-Shenzhen boundary - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-08/27/c_139320551.htm|access-date=2020-09-07|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref> and to passengers since 6 February 2023.<ref name=p>{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Kahon |last2=Liu |first2=Oscar |title=Hong Kong’s newest border crossing to accept passenger traffic from Monday |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3209174/hong-kongs-newest-border-crossing-mainland-china-open-passenger-traffic-monday |access-date=6 February 2023 |work=South China Morning Post |date=5 February 2023 }}</ref>

==History==
According to the government, the border control point was needed to relieve the heavily used border control points (like [[Lo Wu Control Point]]) to the west. The control point was chosen to be built between Lo Wu Control Point and [[Sha Tau Kok Control Point]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/LTHYW/en/e_main.htm |title = Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point}}</ref> 

==Opening==
Its opening was reported in at least one outlet in May 2019 as scheduled for September 2019.<ref name=cn>[http://www.china.org.cn/china/2019-05/31/content_74842627.htm "Liantang Port ready to open in September" China.org.cn, 31 May 2019]</ref> Other reports claimed it would open by the end of 2019.<ref name=hkgov>[https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201901/30/P2019013000607.htm "LCQ3: The boundary control point at Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai" gov.hk 30 January 2019]</ref>

The opening of the control point was further delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], as Hong Kong shut down all border crossings with Shenzhen except the [[Shenzhen Bay Control Point]] to control the spread of the virus.

On 21 August 2020, it was announced that the Control Point would be opened on 26 August 2020, albeit for cross-boundary trucks only.<ref name=open/>

On 6 February 2023, with the lifting of COVID-19 control measures in China, the control point opened to passenger traffic.<ref name="p" />

==Transport==
A new dual-carriageway access highway, [[Heung Yuen Wai Highway]], was built to link the control point from [[Fanling Highway]],<ref name="standard-2017">{{cite web |last1=Hui |first1=Sophie |title=Border crossing likely to be ready by end-2018 |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=185165 |website=The Standard |accessdate=24 October 2018 |date=17 July 2017}}</ref> connecting with the Eastern Corridor roadway on the mainland side.{{Citation needed|date=October 2018}} The highway comprises viaducts and two tunnels ({{ill|Cheung Shan Tunnel|zh-yue|長山隧道}} and {{ill|Lung Shan Tunnel|zh-yue|龍山隧道}}<ref name="standard-2017"/>); the main viaduct was completed on 14 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Connection of viaduct completes under Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point project (with photos) |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201803/14/P2018031400446.htm |accessdate=24 October 2018 |work=www.info.gov.hk |publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]] |date=14 March 2018}}</ref> The road was expected to open by the end of 2018,<ref name="standard-2017"/> but its opening was delayed until 26 May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yau |first1=Cannix |title=What's behind delay at Hong Kong's new HK$34 billion border crossing? |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2168454/delay-hong-kongs-new-hk337-billion-border-crossing |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=14 October 2018 |accessdate=25 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Heung Yuen Wai Highway opens to traffic - RTHK |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1459409-20190526.htm |accessdate=3 June 2019 |work=news.rthk.hk |publisher=[[RTHK]] |date=26 May 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref> 3 new bus routes were set up by [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] and [[Kowloon Motor Bus|KMB]] when the control point became open to passengers in 2023, connecting the control point with [[Sheung Shui]], [[Shatin]] via [[Tai Po]], and [[Tuen Mun]] via [[Yuen Long]] respectively. At the bus terminus outside, there is also an existing KMB bus route to Sheung Shui via [[Ta Kwu Ling]] and [[Ping Che]], as well as a minibus route.

The Control Point is also the first border crossing between Hong Kong and Shenzhen that is accessible to pedestrians and bicycles.<ref>{{cite news|title=香園圍/蓮塘口岸提供客運服務　有市民騎單車過關|url=https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=506415|publisher=Now新闻|date=2023-02-06}}</ref>

[[Liantang Control Point]] in Shenzhen became further accessible from October 2020 onwards via an extension of Shenzhen metro line 2.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://english.sz.gov.cn/news/latest/201908/t20190813_18150866.htm | title=Lines 2 and 8 to interchange at Liantang Station-Latest News-Shenzhen Government Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.szdaily.com/content/2019-08/13/content_22381053.htm |title = <Article>Line 2 and 8 to interchange at Liantang Station</Article>}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.archdaily.com/225165/liantangheung-yuen-wai-boundary-control-point-passager-wau-studio/ Proposal for BCP terminal by WAU]

{{China – Hong Kong border crossings}}
{{Immigration Control Stations in Hong Kong}}

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[[Category:China–Hong Kong border crossings]]
[[Category:North District, Hong Kong]]