The "Outline Development Plan" for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, released recently, aims to make the GBA a world class science and technology innovation center. But how can Guangdong province, and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, which have different political systems and, to a certain extent, cultures, collaborate seamlessly to create such an innovation center?
The head of the central government's top liaison body in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has called for more innovative attempts at formulating policies and regulations as development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area gathers steam.
A senior seminar on Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Competition Policy was held in Nansha, Guangzhou on March 19 and 20.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region can expect a bright and prosperous future as a leader in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the central government's liaison chief in the city stressed on Wednesday.
Daniel de Blocq van Scheltinga says Bay Area success may become a template for other regions on the Chinese mainland where similar city clusters can be developed.
The central government expressed firm support of the Hong Kong and Macao SARs in seizing the major opportunities by the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development strategy.
Deputies to the nation's top legislature called for extensive and in-depth collaboration to develop the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, as the 11-city cluster offers unprecedented opportunities.
Senior officials from the Chinese mainland and two special administrative regions pledged concerted and unremitting efforts to bring about the country's massive plan to turn the Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao area into an economic powerhouse.