The Qingmao Checkpoint, which links the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the Chinese mainland's Guangdong Province, officially opened on Wednesday in the city of Zhuhai to augment cross-border traffic. /CFP

The new checkpoint, located just 800 meters from the Border Gate Checkpoint, was built to ease customs clearance pressure. /CFP

The new facility features 50 automated inbound passenger channels and 50 outbound, as well as two staffed counters in each direction. /CFP

The checkpoint, which can handle up to 200,000 passengers daily, is an important node of the rapid transit network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. /CFP