China's top legislature on Wednesday adopted a decision to apply a one-stop boundary control cooperation arrangement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

In the decision adopted by the bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature confirmed that the cooperation arrangement, signed by Guangdong Province and the HKSAR on November 18, complied with the Constitution of China and the Basic Law of HKSAR.

The decision said that the HKSAR should ensure the implementation of the cooperation arrangement through legislation.

"It's a good thing as it makes it so much easier for people to travel between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the future," said a 33-year-old resident surnamed Zhuang who works in Shenzhen.

Under the arrangement, a port will be established at the railway station in West Kowloon in Hong Kong, which is part of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.

The mainland and the HKSAR will respectively carry out exit and entry supervision at the port, including immigration inspection, customs clearance, and inspection and quarantine measures for people crossing the border, as well as their belongings.

The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is scheduled to open in the third quarter of next year.

The cooperation arrangement signed between the mainland and the HKSAR last month marked the first in a three-step process by the two sides.