AreaYantian: Wutong Mountain, the Meisha Beaches and Chung Ying Street
CHUNG YING STREET (SHA TAU KOK BORDER SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA) · ZHONGYING JIE
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Yantian: Wutong Mountain, the Meisha Beaches and Chung Ying Street · 22.547°N 114.226°E
FreeReservation requiredPassport needed
A street under 250 metres long and less than 4 metres wide with the boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong running down its middle, marked by granite stones the Hong Kong government set in 1905. It exists because of the 1898 lease of the New Territories: on 18 March 1899 British and Qing officials surveyed the land border here and split the village of Sha Tau Kok in two, and people began building houses and stalls along the line. After 1978 it became famous across China as a place to buy Hong Kong goods, and that is still what most visitors do.
IDForeign passports not mentioned; call 0755-84499675 firstVerified · 2025-01Source ↗
LandmarkChung Ying Street (Sha Tau Kok Border Special Management Area) (中英街关口，沙头角边境特别管理区入口 / 中英街查验大楼)
AddressChung Ying Street, Sha Tau Kok Subdistrict, Yantian District (深圳市盐田区沙头角街道中英街)Navigate ↗
EntranceMetro Line 8 (or 2) to Shatoujiao station, exit A1, then bus B619 or the 68 short-run to Zhongyingjie Guanqian stop, or walk 1.4 km; permits are issued at the office by the checkpoint
Last verified 2026-09-23
How to book
One-day permit; online route is for mainland residents onlyVerified · 2025-01Source ↗
Paying on site
No ticket. The permit itself is issued free of charge.
Language
Permit hotlines 0755-84499675 and 0755-12367 (the national immigration service line); no English permit page found.