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The ___MASK31___ Transit Railway ( ___MASK33___ ) is the rapid transit railway system of Hong Kong . Opened in 1979 , the system now includes of rail with 161 stations , including 93 railway stations and 68 light rail stops . Operated by the ___MASK33___ Corporation Limited ( MTRCL ), the ___MASK33___ is one of the most profitable metro systems in the world , with a high farebox recovery ratio of 186 %. San Tin ( ___MASK13___ :  ), or San Tin Heung (  ), is an area located near Lok ___MASK16___ Chau area in the New Territories and belongs to the Yuen Long District , Hong Kong . Lok ___MASK16___ Chau or Lokmachau is a village in Hong Kong ' s New Territories and also a major pedestrian ( which is linked directly to the Hong Kong rapid transit network ) and road border crossing point between Hong Kong and mainland ___MASK46___ . It lies just south of the Sham Chun River ( or Shenzhen River in Mandarin ), which forms the border between Hong Kong and mainland ___MASK46___ . Lok ___MASK16___ Chau lies opposite Huanggang in Shenzhen , ___MASK46___ . Kwu Tung ( ___MASK13___ :  ) is a proposed ___MASK54___ in the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line , branching off from East Rail Line . It is proposed to be situated near Kwu Tung in North District , Hong Kong . The ___MASK54___ is now still a proposed ___MASK54___ ; however , there is an area left underground for the future Kwu Tung ___MASK54___ , as the Hong Kong Government ' s investigation found that 689 hectares of land in the Kwu Tung - Fanling area is suitable for development of a new town . Because of this , the ___MASK54___ may well be developed in the future , so there must be an area left for the future ___MASK54___ . Mainland ___MASK46___ , also known as the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland , is the geopolitical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK46___ ( PRC ). It generally excludes the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau ; however , it usually includes Hainan . The term " mainland ___MASK46___ ", which avoids calling the area simply " ___MASK46___ " and thereby recognizing the founding of the PRC as " the " " ___MASK46___ ", was coined by the Kuomintang ( KMT ) after receiving control of Taiwan from Japan after World War II . By 1949 , the KMT - led Republic of ___MASK46___ ( ROC ) government was defeated in the Chinese Civil War in mainland ___MASK46___ and fled to the island of Taiwan where the KMT pledged to " retake the Mainland ". The KMT considers both sides of the Taiwan Strait ( including Taiwan ), as ( one ) " ___MASK46___ " and one country , whereas Taiwan ' s Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) considers only mainland ___MASK46___ as " ___MASK46___ " and Taiwan ( ROC ) as " Taiwan " and maintains that they are different countries . Sheung Shui is the penultimate northbound ___MASK54___ on the East Rail Line in Hong Kong . This ___MASK54___ serves as the terminus of northbound trains after the Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau boundary crossings have closed for the day . Passengers wishing not to enter the Boundary Area illegally by proceeding to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau without a Closed Area Permit , valid passport , and visa ( or without the intention of crossing over to Shenzhen ) must disembark here . Macau ( literally : " ___MASK6___ Gate "), ( in Portuguese , which is still widely used in the city ) also spelled Macao ( in English ), officially the Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China , is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in East Asia . Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in China to the North and the Pearl River Estuary to the East and South . Hong Kong lies about to its East across the Delta . With a population of 650 , 900 living in an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world . The ___MASK70___ is the subway or underground ___MASK77___ for the ___MASK36___ of Shenzhen in Guangdong province , ___MASK46___ . The ___MASK77___ opened on 28 December 2004 , making Shenzhen the sixth ___MASK36___ in mainland ___MASK46___ to have a subway after Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , Guangzhou , and Wuhan . The ___MASK70___ currently has eight lines , 166 stations , and of total trackage in operation . The network underwent rapid expansion prior to the 2011 Summer Universiade , opening of tracks in June 2011 . The ___MASK77___ underwent another major expansion with the opening of Line 11 in June 2016 and both Lines 7 and 9 in October 2016 shortly making the ___MASK77___ the third longest in ___MASK46___ before Guangzhou Metro regained the position in December 2016 . Two new lines and extension of several existing lines are underway with a long term goal of and of lines by 2030 . Guangdong ( Simplified ) is a province on the South ___MASK46___ Sea coast of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK46___ . Formerly romanised as Canton or Kwangtung , Guangdong surpassed Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in ___MASK46___ in January 2005 , registering 79 . 1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year ; the total population was 104 , 303 , 132 in the 2010 census , accounting for 7 . 79 percent of Mainland ___MASK46___ ' s population . The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in ___MASK46___ . The population increase since the census has been modest , the province at 2014 end had 107 , 240 , 000 people . Lo Wu is the northern terminus of the East Rail Line ( Kowloon - Canton Railway ) of Hong Kong , located in Lo Wu within the Closed Area on Hong Kong ' s northern frontier . The ___MASK54___ serves as a primary checkpoint for rail passengers between Hong Kong and mainland ___MASK46___ and vice versa , rather than serving a specific residential / commercial area like the other stations do . It is also the northernmost railway ___MASK54___ in Hong Kong . Kwu Tung is an area in the northern New Territories , west of Sheung Shui and Fanling , and east of Lok ___MASK16___ Chau and San Tin , in Hong Kong . ___MASK46___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK46___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK46___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK46___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Lok ___MASK16___ Chau is the northwestern terminus in Lok ___MASK16___ Chau on the Lok ___MASK16___ Chau Spur Line , a branch line of the East Rail Line of Hong Kong ' s ___MASK33___ network , which was built to alleviate the immigration checkpoint between Hong Kong and mainland China ' s Shenzhen at Lo Wu Station . The ___MASK33___ Corporation is promoting the Lok ___MASK16___ Chau Spur Line as a direct connection with Line 4 ( Longhua ) of the Shenzhen Metro which is also operated by the ___MASK33___ Corporation . The Pearl ___MASK62___ Delta ( PRD ), also known as Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao , is the low - lying area surrounding the Pearl ___MASK62___ estuary , where the Pearl ___MASK62___ flows into the South ___MASK46___ Sea . It is one of the most densely urbanised regions in the world and is an economic hub of ___MASK46___ . This region is often considered an emerging megacity . The PRD is a megalopolis , with future development into a single mega metropolitan area , yet itself is at the southern end of a larger megalopolis running along the southern coast of ___MASK46___ , which include metropolises such as Chaoshan , Zhangzhou - Xiamen , Quanzhou - Putian , and Fuzhou . The nine largest cities of PRD had a combined population of 57 . 15 million at the end of 2013 , comprising 53 . 69 % of the provincial population . According to the World Bank Group , the PRD has become the largest urban area in the world in both size and population . New Territories ( Hakka : " Sin Gai ") is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong , alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula . It makes up 86 . 2 % of Hong Kong ' s territory , and contains around half of the ___MASK93___ of Hong Kong . Historically , it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory . According to that the territories comprise the mainland area north of the Boundary Street of Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland ___MASK46___ , as well as over 200 outlying Islands including Lantau Island , Lamma Island , Cheung Chau , and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong . Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK46___ , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of various nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . Fanling , also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng , is an area in the New Territories East of Hong Kong . Administratively , it is ___MASK95___ of the North District . Fanling Town , ___MASK95___ of the Fanling area , is where most of ___MASK93___ of the area live . Sheung Shui is an area in New Territories , Hong Kong . Sheung Shui Town , a ___MASK95___ of this area , is ___MASK95___ of the Fanling - Sheung Shui New Town in the North District of Hong Kong . Fanling Town is to its southeast . The Lok ___MASK16___ Chau Spur Line is the second railway link between Hong Kong and Mainland ___MASK46___ , relieving passenger congestion at Lo Wu Station . The alignment branches off the existing ___MASK33___ East Rail Line north of Sheung Shui Station and then runs to the Lok ___MASK16___ Chau Station where customs and immigration facilities are provided . The terminus is connected to new Futian Checkpoint Station ( formerly named as Huanggang Station ) of the Shenzhen Metro Line 4 by a pedestrian bridge across the Shenzhen River . East ___MASK90___ is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent , which can be defined in either geographical or ethno - cultural terms . Geographically and geopolitically , it includes ___MASK46___ , Hong Kong , and Macao ; Mongolia and Taiwan ; North and South Korea ; and Japan ; it covers about , or about 28 % of the Asian continent , about twice the area of Europe . Futian Checkpoint ___MASK54___ is a terminus of Line 4 of the Shenzhen Metro . It opened on 28 June 2007 . It is located at the ground level of Futian Port Control Point in Futian District , Shenzhen , People ' s Republic of ___MASK46___ , and it is the only ground station in Shenzhen Metro . Futian Port Control Point and Futian Checkpoint ___MASK54___ are connected to Hong Kong ' s Lok Ma Chau ___MASK54___ by a footbridge .