announced the implementation of co-location arrangement on 25 July 2017. The Mainland Port Area is an area inside West Kowloon station that serves as a
border control point between
mainland China and
Hong Kong. The area has been effectively ceded to mainland China for a token
HK$1,000 a year in rent. Since September 2018, mainland Chinese immigration and police personnel operate exclusively within the area, and the
laws of mainland China, rather than Hong Kong, are enforced.
Area definition The area delineated and coloured
orange on Plan No. 1 and Annex 1 to Plan No. 1 in Schedule 2 of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Ordinance is declared as the Mainland Port Area. It comprises the
China Customs and
National Immigration Administration checkpoints on B2 and B3 levels, the
platform areas on B4 level, and the passageways connecting them. Except for reserved matters, the Mainland Port Area is to be regarded as an area lying outside
Hong Kong but lying within
mainland China for the purposes of the application of the
laws of mainland China, and of the
laws of Hong Kong, in the Mainland Port Area; and the delineation of jurisdiction over the Mainland Port Area. It does not affect the
boundary of the
administrative division of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Although the West Kowloon HSR station is listed on a page titled by the Shenzhen municipal government online, it is unclear whether this qualifies as a Port of Exit for the
Shenzhen SEZ Visa on Arrival. File:Xijiulong rujing.jpg|
Entry stamp issued at juxtaposed controls at Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station File:201901 Xijiulong Mainland Port Exit Stamp.jpg|Exit stamp issued at juxtaposed controls at Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station on a
Chinese passport Implementation process The joint meeting on 8 August 2017 of the Panel on Transport, the Panel on Security and the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services of the
Legislative Council passed the motion supporting the implementation of the "co-location arrangement" at the West Kowloon station. The meeting on 15 November 2017 of the Legislative Council passed the motion on taking forward the follow-up tasks of the co-location arrangement at the West Kowloon station. The
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed the Co-operation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Establishment of the Port at the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link for Implementing Co-location Arrangement with the People's Government of
Guangdong Province on 18 November 2017. On 27 December 2017, the
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the Co-operation Arrangement and stated that it is consistent with the
Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the
Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill was passed by the
Legislative Council at the meeting on 14 June 2018. The Ordinance
gazetted on 22 June 2018 and come into operation on a day to be appointed by the
Secretary for Transport and Housing by notice published in the
Hong Kong Government Gazette. In the Court of First Instance of the
High Court,
Judge Anderson Chow refused the applications for leave to apply for
judicial review by his decision dated 27 September 2017 and 18 April 2018. He refused the applications for interim relief by his decision dated 14 August 2018. He granted the applications for leave to apply for judicial review but dismissed the substantive applications for judicial review by his judgment dated 13 December 2018.
Police station The 's Shenzhen Railway Public Security Division operates the West Kowloon Station Police Station (西九龙站派出所) with jurisdiction over the mainland port area. ==Awards==