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Greater Bay Area
Greater Bay Area
The "Greater Bay Area" refers to the Chinese government's scheme to link the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing into an integrated economic and business hub.
Hong Kong triathletes (from left) Jason Ng Tai-long, Bailee Brown and Hilda Choi Yan-yin train at the Hong Kong Sports Institute on August 21, 2023. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong sports

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s five-year plan could get ball rolling on Olympic bid

To achieve the plan’s proposed sport-related objectives, focused action in areas such as facilities development and talent cultivation is needed.

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Hong Kong transport

Revamped Huanggang checkpoint needs Hong Kong airport bus link, experts say

Northern Metropolis

John Lee meets business and innovation leaders over Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

Hong Kong economy

Yacht travel scheme makes waves but can Hong Kong cash in on marine economy?

Boat owners and maritime experts say Hong Kong must seize the opportunity to upgrade marine infrastructure to attract mainland yachts.

Illustration: Davies Christian
Hong Kong society

Drills to start as Hong Kong targets September launch of revamped border crossing

Security chief Chris Tang set to inspect Huanggang Port checkpoint featuring ‘co-location’ arrangement with Shenzhen on Friday.

Banking & finance

Standard Chartered posts 10% profit rise, launches US$1b buy-back

Share price surges on 38 per cent rise in wealth-management revenue, even as Middle East tensions and bad debt temper profit growth.

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Food and Drinks

‘My age is part of my story’: meet China’s youngest Michelin-recognised chef

He lied about his age to become a chef at 15. At 24, Andre Li is showing diners great dishes don’t need meat at his Plant-Based Kitchen.

Andre Li Feiyue, 24, is the founder of Plant-Based Kitchen, a vegetarian fine-dining restaurant that bucks the trend in meat-obsessed Guangzhou, in China’s Guangdong province. The chef talks about his culinary journey and his subtractive cooking philosophy. Photo: Andre Li Feiyue
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong drives trials for breast cancer, eye treatments across Greater Bay Area

Health Hope Pharma teams up with Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trial Institute and its Shenzhen counterpart for large-scale trials.

China property

Guangdong’s property market has transformed. How can Hong Kong developers adapt?

Hong Kong developers are rethinking their strategies for projects in the Greater Bay Area, as the mainland’s property crisis has changed everything.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | 4 ways Hong Kong can shape its future – and the world’s

By focusing on its foundational and emerging strengths, as well as its global potential, the city can adapt to a world in flux.

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Participants attend Robocon Hong Kong 2026 at Science Park on June 21. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong tourism

Nearly 170 mainland Chinese motorists expected in Hong Kong under new scheme

Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles scheme extended to five additional cities from Saturday, with daily quota of urban trips doubling to 200.

A car travelling under the expanded Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles scheme at Ocean Terminal carpark on Saturday. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s TDC to open Egypt office as it eyes African, Nordic markets

Trade Development Council has revamped corporate structure to better help firms in six new industry clusters, chairman Frederick Ma says.

Transport and logistics

Why is China building another high-speed rail line for the Greater Bay Area?

New 350km/h route aims to reduce congestion while bridging city centres and aviation hubs, with an intended cross-border extension.

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Food and Drinks

Celebrity chef Vicky Cheng brings his French culinary dream to Estuary

The new restaurant is a blend of French technique, Chinese heritage and sustainable seafood, all within a breathtaking space at Capella Galaxy Macau.

Chef Vicky Cheng at Estuary, at Capella Macau. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Hongkongers increase cross-border shopping splurges, spending data shows

Price differentials, changing consumer habits make mainland China a ‘major hotspot’ for Hongkongers’ spending, UnionPay International says.

Passengers cross the border via Shenzhen Bay Control Point in Hong Kong on June 17. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Legal Tales | Time for deeper, detailed exchanges between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese courts

As economic ties between the two places grow, there is also a need for more specific exchanges between courts to deepen our understanding of issues.

Shenzhen

Shenzhen aircraft takes flight in Hong Kong under pioneering insurance plan

Shenzhen’s eVTOL aircraft secures cross-border insurance for Hong Kong flights, boosting the Greater Bay Area’s low-altitude economy.

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Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Upgraded border crossing will boost Hong Kong-Shenzhen connectivity

Hong Kong’s jurisdiction over part of Huanggang Port, poised to cut passenger clearance times, is a historic milestone in integration with the mainland.

A view of the main structure of the Joint Inspection Building at Huanggang Port, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on April 22. Photo: Edmond So
European Union

Opinion | As the UK discusses an EU return, Hong Kong offers lessons

Like Hong Kong, which functions as a special administrative region of China, could the United Kingdom rejoin the European Union with a special administrative name?

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Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong’s Lalamove, EY team up to shape ‘low-altitude economy’. What’s next?

Companies say collaboration will leverage Lalamove’s logistics platform and EY’s services to offer transport solutions to businesses.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong urged to position Greater Bay Area as equine hub, grow racing tourism

Hong Kong Jockey Club proposes leveraging its Guangzhou racecourse as strategic platform for deeper cooperation with mainland.

Horse racing enthusiasts pack the stands for the season finale at Happy Valley on July 15. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong

Mainland schools for Hong Kong pupils beat city average in university entrance exams

Shenzhen’s Pui Kiu College reports 87 per cent pass rate, while ASJNU in Guangzhou says its rate was 71 per cent, compared with 42.7 per cent for Hong Kong.

Shenzhen Hong Kong Pui Kiu College Longhua Xinyi School graduates who achieved outstanding results in the DSE exams. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong set to pass Huanggang crossing bill on Friday at the earliest

Legislature will hold additional meeting on Friday to vet Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill ahead of facility’s commissioning deadline.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

CUHK launches first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha

Chinese University of Hong Kong teams up with Guangzhou First People’s Hospital and district authorities to establish Greater Bay Area Clinical Trial Centre.

Science

Award-winning chemist Zhang Wei leaves US to join China’s Great Bay University

On his return to China, Zhang says he looks forward to cultivating talent ‘who truly understand science, technology and industrial needs’.

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Zhang Wei’s research covers topics from two-dimensional materials and porous organic materials, to sustainable and recyclable polymers, molecular separation and carbon capture. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong to fast-track Huanggang Port upgrades as Legco gears to approve bill

Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping says bill, which provides legal basis for co-location arrangement at border crossing, must be approved by July 31.

The joint inspection building at the new Huanggang complex. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong urged to pave path for Greater Bay Area firms going global

Standards alignment, supply-chain coordination and cross-border financing are areas where city’s expertise can be pivotal, summit speakers say.

Hong Kong economy

Mainland Chinese firms on Hong Kong-led Central Asia trip ‘eye city listing’

Hong Kong’s leader says city will press on as ‘superconnector’, ‘super value-adder’ to help them expand overseas amid geopolitical disruptions.

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