Abstract:

The cross-border shopping activities at the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong SAR presenting a salient sub-national phenomenon under China's "one country, two systems" policy have drawn great public attention. This empirical study investigates the behavior patterns of Hong Kong consumers in Shekou, Shenzhen through applying field observation, interviews, questionnaire survey and spatial analyses combining city-wide ordinary least square (OLS) regression model with geographically weighted regression (GWR) models. It sheds a light on that Hong Kong consumers are mostly seniors with characteristics of a high frequency of cross-border shopping, a short time to stay, and a low expenditure in Shekou. The causes they shopped in Shekou have been contributed to the distance between the substantial geographic distribution of their Hong Kong home address and the border, their ages and income. It's implicated that there is a spatial differentiation of cross-border activities due to various travelers' income and age has come into being on land border crossing ports between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. It calls for more studies on a variety of crossing-border social groups to facilitate a better "quality living circle", more convenient cross-border activities, and further cooperation between Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province.

Key words: the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the characteristics of cross-border shopping, Hong Kong residents, Shenzhen Bay Border Port, Shekou

摘要：

深港边界是全球跨境活动最频繁的地区之一。以通过深圳湾口岸前往蛇口消费的香港居民为研究对象，采用定性、定量和空间计量相结合的方法分析香港居民来往深圳的消费模式和行为影响因素，发现在蛇口的跨境港人多来自“新界西”的屯门、元朗、荃湾三地，呈现以公交出行为主、出行频率高、消费低、时间短、老龄化、女性多的特点，其跨境行为主要受到个人年龄及收入、出行距离、区位等因素影响；港人在深港边界的跨境活动开始出现与收入、年龄相关的空间分异现象，呼吁展开针对不同过境群体的进一步研究，厘清其行为特点和影响因素，这将有助于建构粤港“优质生活圈”、促进粤港两地间更便利的跨境活动和更深层次的协作。

关键词: 深港边界, 跨境消费行为特征, 香港居民, 深圳湾口岸, 蛇口