The Lok Ma Chau Loop is a small piece of riverside land transferred to Hong Kong by mainland China on 3 January 2017.

When some engineering work was done to straighten the winding Sham Chun River, the natural border moved north and effectively left the landmass of the loop only accessible from Hong Kong.

[6] Once developed, the technology park is expected to provide 1.2 million square metres of additional office spaces to be used by Hong Kong and Shenzhen companies.

[7] The proposed park is located in a current green land area, a buffer zone between the urban agglomerations of Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

In addition, it is thought that the current marsh land site contains significant amounts of contaminated mud which may pose an environmental risk and a challenge to decontaminate.

[14] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, the site was developed to host an isolation and treatment centre as part of the Omicron variant surge in early 2022.