Luohu Port

{{Infobox building | name = Luohu Port | native_name = {{lang|zh-cn|罗湖口岸}} | image = Lo Wu Station Exterior.JPG | image_size = 300px | caption = Lo Wu station and Checkpoint seen against China's Luohu Port in Shenzhen | building_type = [[Border control]] | cost = | location = [[Luohu District]], [[Shenzhen]] | location_country = China | namesake = | operator = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[National Immigration Administration|National Immigration Administration (mainland China)]] | coordinates = {{coord|22|31|56|N|114|06|48|E|type:landmark_region:HK|display=inline}} | embedded = {{Infobox bridge | embed = yes | carries = Pedestrians | crosses = [[Frontier Closed Area]] | toll = No toll }} | construction_start_date = | opened_date = | public_transit = | website = [http://ka.sz.gov.cn/bmfw/katgfw/content/post_2287730.html ka.sz.gov.cn] }} {{Chinese|s=罗湖口岸|t=羅湖口岸|p=Luóhú Kǒu'àn|j=lo4 wu4 hau2 ngon6}}

The '''Luohu Port''' ({{zh|s=罗湖口岸|p=''Luóhú Kǒu'àn''}}) is a [[port of entry]]/[[border crossing]] between [[mainland China]] and Hong Kong, located in [[Luohu District]] of [[Shenzhen]] and [[Lo Wu]], [[New Territories]] of Hong Kong. It sits within the [[Frontier Closed Area]]. The control point is integrated with [[Lo Wu station]] of the [[MTR|Mass Transit Railway]] (MTR) and [[Luohu station]] of the [[Shenzhen metro]], the Hong Kong counterpart being [[Lo Wu Control Point]].

Statistics show that the port is the [[Border_checkpoint#Land|third busiest in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Immigration Department Annual Report 2017|url=https://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2017/en/appendices-07.html|website=www.immd.gov.hk|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> The port of entry is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the [[Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Public Security]], and the [[General Administration of Customs]]. In 2015, 83.2 million people passed through Lo Wu Control Point, making it the busiest control point in Hong Kong.<ref name="annualreport2015">{{cite web|title=Appendix 7 - Statistics on Passenger Traffic by Control Point|url=http://www.immd.gov.hk/publications/a_report_2015/en/appendices-07.html|website=Annual Report 2015|publisher=Immigration Department}}</ref>

It is served by [[Shenzhen railway station]] of the [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway|Guangshen Railway]] (formerly the Canton-Kowloon Railway Chinese Section), and [[Luohu station]] of the [[Shenzhen Metro]], whereas its counterpart in Hong Kong is interconnected with [[Lo Wu station]] on the [[East Rail line]], formerly the [[Kowloon–Canton Railway#History|Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section]].

== Operating hours == 6:30 a.m. to midnight every day.<ref>[http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm Immigration Control Points] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210141705/http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/immdctlpts.htm |date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="ctrl_pts">''Control Point Locations'' ([http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/immigration/control/location.htm English]/[http://www.gov.hk/tc/residents/immigration/control/location.htm Chinese]), GovHK. (Accessed on 2011-05-10.)</ref>

== Public transit access ==

=== Train === [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway]]: [[Shenzhen railway station]]

=== Metro === * [[Shenzhen Metro]] {{rail color box|system=SZM|line=1|inline=yes}}: [[Luohu station]] Exit A2 * [[Shenzhen Metro]] {{rail color box|system=SZM|line=9|inline=yes}}: [[Renmin South station]] Exit A1, B

==Gallery== <gallery> File:LuoHu Port.JPG|Luohu Port File:Hong Kong Visit Permit (other, 14days, single) by PRC with stamps.jpg|Hong Kong Visit Permit issued by People's Republic of China with a Luohu Port Entry Stamp. File:Shenzhen entry permit 1998.jpg|Single entry permit into Shenzhen, China, issued at the Luohu Port on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border, with the older style entry and exit stamps. </gallery>

== References == {{reflist|2}} {{China – Hong Kong border crossings}} {{Luohu District}} {{Shenzhen}} {{North District, Hong Kong}} [[Category:Luohu, Shenzhen]] [[Category:China–Hong Kong border crossings]] [[Category:Closed Area]] [[Category:North District, Hong Kong]] [[Category:Ports of Entry of China]] {{Commons category|Luohu Port}}