Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement

Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement
A group of protesters wearing green behind a black banner with Chinese writing in front of a building entrance surrounded by photographers
Villagers of the to-be-demolished Tsoi Yuen Chuen in front of HK Government offices in November 2009
Date2009–2010
LocationLegislative Council Building, Central Government Offices, Hong Kong
ParticipantsHK Govt., LegCo, Pan-democrat social activists, Hong Kong residents
OutcomeThe bill passed in the LegCo. The XRL started constructions in 2010.
Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement
Traditional Chinese反高鐵運動
Simplified Chinese反高铁运动
Literal meaninganti-high-speed-rail movement
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFǎn Gāotiě Yùndòng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFáan gōu tit wahn duhng
JyutpingFaan2 gou1 tit3 wan6 dung6

The Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement was a social movement and period of civil discontent in Hong Kong between mid-2009 and early 2010. Select groups of Hong Kong residents protested at the proposed Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (abbreviated "XRL"), a high-speed railway that would link Hong Kong with mainland China's growing high-speed rail network.