Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge border crossings top 310,000 in holiday’s first three days
In short
According to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge border inspection station, more than 310,000 passenger trips and over 70,000 vehicle trips passed through the Zhuhai highway port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in the first three days of the National Day holiday. The bridge is described as the only designated channel for the “Hong Kong vehicles northbound”, “Macao vehicles northbound” and “Guangdong vehicles southbound” schemes, with cross-border vehicle traffic remaining at high levels. Xinhua and three other outlets carried the same figure.
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Passenger flows through the Zhuhai highway port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge exceeded 310,000 trips in the first three days of the National Day holiday, according to statistics from the bridge’s border inspection station. Vehicle flows through the port over the same period exceeded 70,000 trips. The figures were reported by Xinhua, Yicai, 36Kr and Jiemian, with 36Kr and Jiemian crediting Xinhua. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
The bridge is the only designated channel for the “Hong Kong vehicles northbound”, “Macao vehicles northbound” and “Guangdong vehicles southbound” schemes, and cross-border vehicle traffic through it has remained at high levels, the reports said. The documents give no dates for the three days covered, no breakdown by direction, and no comparison with previous holidays. [ 3 , 4 ]
Why it matters
The figures indicate the bridge’s Zhuhai port is handling sustained high volumes during a major mainland holiday, with the outlet reports tying that load to the cross-border vehicle schemes that route traffic through this single channel. For readers following cross-border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, the data is a measure of how heavily one crossing point is used on peak days.
Key facts
- In the first three days of the National Day holiday, passenger flows in and out of the Zhuhai highway port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge exceeded 310,000 trips, according to the bridge’s border inspection station. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- Vehicle flows through the same port exceeded 70,000 trips over the same period. [ 3 , 4 ]
- The bridge is described as the only designated channel for the “Hong Kong vehicles northbound”, “Macao vehicles northbound” and “Guangdong vehicles southbound” schemes. [ 3 , 4 ]
- Cross-border vehicle traffic through the bridge was said to remain at high levels. [ 3 , 4 ]
- The figures were attributed to statistics from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge border inspection station, and both 36Kr and Jiemian credited Xinhua. [ 3 , 4 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Which calendar dates make up the “first three days” of the holiday, and whether the passenger and vehicle counts cover both directions combined. The documents say only “the first three days of the National Day holiday” and give no dates or directional breakdown.
- Whether the passenger and vehicle figures are original reporting or a single Xinhua release carried by the other outlets. Yicai repeats the headline only, while 36Kr and Jiemian explicitly credit Xinhua, so the total number of independent sources is unclear.
- Any comparison with previous years or with other border crossings. No prior-year figures or comparisons appear in any document.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Xinhua publishes the figure of more than 310,000 inbound and outbound passenger trips at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge over the first three days of the National Day holiday. [ 1 ]
- Yicai publishes the same headline figure. [ 2 ]
- 36Kr publishes the figures along with the vehicle count and the cross-border vehicle scheme context. [ 3 ]
- Jiemian publishes the same figures and context, crediting Xinhua. [ 4 ]