Shenzhen Bay Port

Shenzhen Bay Control Point

LandmarkNanshan and Shekou: Shenzhen Bay, the Ferry Port and Nantou Old Town

SHENZHEN BAY PORT (SHENZHEN BAY CONTROL POINT) · SHENZHENWAN KOU'AN

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VERIFIED2026.09.23

Nanshan and Shekou: Shenzhen Bay, the Ferry Port and Nantou Old Town · 22.504°N 113.945°E

No ticketingPassport needed

The crossing you use if you are coming by road from Hong Kong airport or the Hong Kong side of the border, and the one where both sets of officers sit in the same building on the Shenzhen side. It opened on 1 July 2007 as the country's first land crossing run on the co-location model: your bus drives over the 5.5 km Shenzhen Bay Bridge, parks once, and you clear Hong Kong departure and mainland entry in the same building without getting back on the coach in between. Passenger clearance runs 06:30-24:00 and the freight lanes never close; the port office counts 62 outbound and 55 inbound passenger lanes.

Before you goCome here for the bus, not for the sight - there is nothing to see, and the three things called Shenzhen Bay are different places: this port, the park whose western end runs right up to it, and the bridge. Do not plan a 240-hour visa-free transit entry through it. The National Immigration Administration's November 2025 notice added five Guangdong ports from 5 November 2025, bringing the province to ten, including the Hengqin, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and West Kowloon station crossings - but Shenzhen Bay is not among them, and no land crossing inside Shenzhen is; in Shenzhen the eligible ports are Bao'an airport and Shekou passenger port only. The face-scan lanes launched here name mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan documents only, so with a foreign passport you queue for a staffed counter. And if you are leaving China with tax-free shopping, the refund desk is inside the passenger hall only: the notice from the six city departments says in so many words that the vehicle lanes have no refund counter, so anyone crossing seated in a vehicle through the passenger-vehicle lanes cannot get the VAT back - claim it by going through the passenger building. Something wrong here? Tell us →

Hours · Tickets · Booking+ Add to trip

AdmissionNo ticketingNo ticket; a border crossing, not an attraction

HoursPassengers 06:30-24:00; freight lanes 24 hoursSource ↗

IDPassport required; use a staffed lane.Details ↓Source ↗

LandmarkShenzhen Bay Port (Shenzhen Bay Control Point) (深圳湾口岸旅检大楼，即深港西部通道口岸旅检大楼)

Address深圳市南山区东滨路1号，蛇口东角头（Dongbin Road 1, Dongjiaotou, Nanshan District）Source ↗Navigate ↗

EntranceMetro Line 13 to Shenzhen Bay Port station, outside the port building; or the Shenzhen Bay Port bus terminus on Jinwan East 4th Road, about 90 m north of the passenger building

Last verified 2026-09-23

How to book

None for the crossing; coach tickets from each operatorSource ↗

ID details

Passport required; use a staffed lane. Passport with a valid Chinese visa or another visa-free basis; foreign passports are not among the documents listed for the face-scan smart lanes, so queue for a staffed lane

Paying on site

No ticket for the crossing. Metro Line 13 single journeys from the machines, or tap a Visa, Mastercard, Amex, JCB or UnionPay card straight on the gate - every Shenzhen Metro gate has taken foreign cards since 10 September 2026 (city transport bureau).

Language

Information desk at the passenger entrance (post 2), with directions, emergency medical help, free wifi, wheelchairs, lost property, umbrella loan, charging and drinking water; lost property itself is at the port police room, Dongbin Road 1. The Foreign Visitor One-Stop Service Centre is on the outer corridor of the arrivals hall, five counters covering payment, tourism, telecoms, transport and immigration.

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Answers you'll need here

How does the departure tax refund work, and where can I claim it?Depends · Spend ¥200 in one refund shop in a day and leave within 90 days: about 11% back, at the port or right in the store.