[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"story:en:a-business-day-in-qianhai":3,"notices:en":126},{"id":4,"locale":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"path":8,"seo":9,"alternates":11,"translationKey":16,"relatedKeys":17,"summary":10,"hero":20,"authorName":33,"readerStory":34,"readingMinutes":35,"body":36,"destinations":103,"experiences":119,"dining":125},51,"en","A Business Day in Qianhai, There and Back by Car","a-business-day-in-qianhai","\u002Fstories\u002Fa-business-day-in-qianhai",{"title":6,"description":10},"Leave Hong Kong after breakfast, hold two meetings and a lunch across the border, and be home for dinner: how to plan the day.",[12,13],{"locale":5,"path":8},{"locale":14,"path":15},"zh-hant","\u002Fzh-hant\u002Fstories\u002Fa-business-day-in-qianhai","cd4273c6-c3b5-4776-823a-e19599b9146b",[18,16,19],"4e93ec23-6f28-45bb-9af6-71bb165c4521","fe3ef023-7198-42b7-a483-f5fc9c33bfa0",{"id":21,"alt":22,"attribution":23,"width":24,"height":25,"sources":26},46,"An empty highway on a bridge stretching towards the horizon under a pale sky","Photo: LN9267 \u002F Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0",1200,675,[27,29],{"url":28,"width":24,"height":25},"\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fhzmb-road.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c80.format-webp.webp",{"url":30,"width":31,"height":32},"\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fhzmb-road.2e16d0ba.fill-2000x1125-c80.format-webp.webp",2000,1126,"DeepTravel Editors",false,1,[37,41,45,48,74,77,80,83,86],{"type":38,"value":39,"id":40},"paragraph","\u003Cp>Qianhai, on the western edge of Shenzhen, is close to the Shenzhen Bay crossing, which makes it one of the easiest mainland business districts to reach from Hong Kong by road.\u003C\u002Fp>","913e0497-11ef-4c31-a6a9-a020ef055c58",{"type":42,"value":43,"id":44},"heading","Morning","d6945591-82d0-4c78-80ac-1e7f1b18e22c",{"type":38,"value":46,"id":47},"\u003Cp>Book an early pick-up. 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Other dates are running as normal; booked guests will be contacted by the booking team.","closure","2026-09-16T02:51:14.651610+00:00","2026-09-20T03:51:14.651617+00:00",[134],"be74fb7c-5684-401f-b79b-27561376449f",{"id":136,"title":137,"message":138,"severity":130,"sitewide":34,"displayFrom":139,"displayUntil":140,"targets":141},4,"Harbourside Seafood Terrace closed on 23 September","The restaurant is closed for a private event on 23 September. Island Day & Seafood Supper packages are not available that day.","2026-09-16T17:38:37.792160+00:00","2026-09-23T18:38:37.792169+00:00",[142,143],"0a9d8f8b-90b4-42db-8c70-ada83f779753","55dac057-6bf6-4cad-9122-cad6a986df23",{"id":145,"title":146,"message":147,"severity":148,"sitewide":34,"displayFrom":149,"displayUntil":150,"targets":151},6,"Border traffic: allow extra time during Golden Week","Expect longer queues at land crossings during the National Day Golden Week holiday (1–7 October). Book early departures and allow extra time in both directions.","info","2026-09-17T03:55:10.185606+00:00","2026-10-07T16:00:00+00:00",[18,152,19],"d73c7947-9f51-4a64-94e3-c2c554afafc6"]