Hengqin Port’s passenger inspection area has recorded about 75.64 million crossings since it opened five years ago, according to the Public Security Police (PSP). The figure was released to mark the anniversary of the area’s 18 August 2020 inauguration.
Since then, the average number of cross-border trips made via the Hengqin Port has been increasing at a rate of more than 40 percent per year, local media report. Around 9 million vehicles have used the Hengqin Port in the past five years, with annual growth averaging more than 33 percent.
PSP figures show Macao residents accounted for 27.1 percent of crossings, while 16.1 percent of them were made up of non-resident tertiary students, 16.2 percent of non-resident workers, and the remaining 40 percent of visitors.
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Between 1 January and 16 August 2025, the Hengqin Port registered 76,946 daily crossings – an increase of 188 percent in comparison to the 26,715 trips recorded prior to the opening of the passenger inspection area. Vehicle numbers have grown by almost 100 percent over this period, from a daily average of 4,467 in 2019 to 8,840 in 2025.
The Hengqin Port hit a new single-day record for cross-border passenger traffic earlier this year: 128,423 crossings on 2 May. The single-day record for vehicle traffic was broken on 19 July, with the port clocking 10,518 vehicles.
By 15 August, the total number of vehicles crossing the Hengqin Port had already broken the 2 million mark for the year – three months ahead of last year’s milestone from last year.
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In its statement, the PSP described the Hengqin Port as “an important infrastructure to support the connectivity between Hengqin and Macao, as well as their high quality development.”
Usage of the Hengqin Port has been greatly enhanced over the past few years by measures including the joint inspection automated channels that allow for travel documents to be inspected only once; one-stop passenger lanes for vehicles; multiple entry visas for mainland tour groups, along with Hengqin and Zhuhai residents; and Mainland Travel Permits for non-Chinese permanent residents of Macao.
Prior to the establishment of the Hengqin Port’s current passenger inspection area, cross-border travel between Macao and Hengqin happened via Macao’s now-defunct Cotai Frontier Port and the mainland’s old Hengqin Port.
Macao’s busiest border link remains the Border Gate with Zhuhai, which saw around 110 million crossings in 2024. This was followed by the Qing Mao Port (32.79 million), the Macao Port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (24.26 million) and the Hengqin Port (21.26 million).
