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Greater Bay Area: News & Politics

Greater Bay Area: News & Politics
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.
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26 August, 2024
Peng Liyuan talks to students at the Macau Museum. Photo: Xinhua
Macau

China’s first lady calls on Macau students to embrace heritage, serve country

Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, is accompanying Chinese leader on visit to Macau to celebrate 25th anniversary of handover.

Greater Bay Area

China’s Huangmaohai connector is newest link to supercharge Greater Bay Area

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Hong Kong economy

Justice chief ‘matchmaker’ for Hong Kong, mainland and international lawyers

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong tycoons not obliged to invest in Northern Metropolis: No 2 official

Chief Secretary Eric Chan heads delegation with tycoons to Guangdong cities, says trip “purely an introduction and opportunity for exchange”.

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Chief Secretary Eric Chan (second from right) tours the factory of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD in Shenzhen. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong, Guangdong firms sign trade deals worth 100 billion yuan

Chief Executive John Lee is on trip to province with officials and tycoons, weeks after Beijing urged authorities and firms to work together.

Macau

Editorial | Daunting tasks ahead for new Macau chief in development push

Not only must Sam Hou-fai diversify the casino-led economy, but also ensure the city plays its role in national modernisation.

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Greater Bay Area

Sam Hou-fai elected as next Macau leader; Beijing lauds him as unifier, reformer

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office says Sam’s election fully reflects wide recognition of his character, philosophy, abilities and style.

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Sam Hou-fai bows to the Election Committee as he is named city leader. Photo: Eugene Lee
Greater Bay Area

Is Sam Hou-fai the man for Macau’s top job? Pundits weigh ex-judge’s qualities

Former Court of Final Appeal president has support from legal sector heavyweights, but questions remain about line-up for ministerial team.

Greater Bay Area

Is Macau’s top job hopeful betting against the house by taking aim at casinos?

Diversifying the economy is a tall order from Beijing, especially when gaming still brings in billions, experts say.

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Hong Kong politics

Macau’s top job candidate eyes more residency shows at casinos to boost tourism

Sam Hou-fai also encourages playing on city’s connections with Portuguese-speaking countries to bolster competitiveness against Hong Kong.

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People enter a casino in Macau’s Lisboa district. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

Macau top job hopeful vows to regulate gaming, diversify economy in policy outline

‘We will strictly implement a new gaming law to regulate the industry and ensure its healthy, orderly development,’ Sam Hou-fai says.

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Macau top job candidate Sam Hou-fai has delivered his policy outline. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong sign cybersecurity deal to boost bay area ties

Innovation minister Sun Dong welcomes cross-border agreement amid ‘complex international situation’ that has put cybersecurity in spotlight.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong has critical role in country’s reform: senior Beijing officials

Commerce minister Wang Wentao and key legal official Shen Chunyao brief political elites on third plenum resolution in Hong Kong session.

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Hong Kong politics

Can a judge lead Macau? Sam Hou-fai’s lack of track record fuels doubts

Sam expected to be sole candidate in October’s leadership poll, but observers question whether he has ability to transform city’s economy.

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Sam Hou-fai, president of Macau’s Court of Final Appeal, says he is running for Macau’s coming chief executive election. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong politics

Macau’s chief justice may run for city’s top job after incumbent bows out

Top judge Sam Hou-fai says ‘position of chief executive is a noble one … I always hold a strong desire to serve Macau.’

A file photo from 2017 shows then chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang (second right), Macau’s Public Prosecutor-General Ip Son-sang (first right), President of the Court of Final Appeal Sam Hou-fai (second left) and Macau leader Fernando Chui Sai-on (first left). Photo: Handout
Hong Kong politics

Lu Xinning of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong gets new role in Guangxi

Mainland media report Lu appointed member of Communist Party Standing Committee of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

China property

Greater Bay Area home sales surged in June after property market rescue package

Demand for new homes in the Greater Bay Area rebounded last month after Beijing’s historic measures to rescue the property sector took effect. However, a meaningful recovery in prices will take time amid economic headwinds, says Cushman & Wakefield.

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Banking & finance

UK firms rush to set up, expand Hong Kong operations in first half: InvestHK

The UK was the third-largest source of cross-border investment after mainland China and the US in the first half of the year, according to InvestHK.

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An advertisement for InvestHK is displayed at a tram stop in Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse
Greater Bay Area

China’s new Shenzhen-Zhongshan mega link carries high hopes for Greater Bay Area

Cross-sea span set to open at end of June will significantly cut travel times between the two cities, and is expected to deliver more balanced development.

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Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong official urges better Greater Bay Area emergency response measures

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says bay area vulnerable to dangers of extreme weather, as officials sign cooperation agreement.

China's economic recovery

Rich regions eye Greater Shanghai Metropolitan Area, but is it a bridge too far?

An ambitious plan, months in the works and still being drafted, involves 14 cities around eastern China’s Yangtze River Delta, and ‘heated debate’ reflects a daunting bid for regional synergy.

A new regional development plan could slash commute times between Shanghai and 13 regional cities, including Wuxi (pictured) in Jiangsu province. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan calls for more open exchanges between China, US bay areas

Summing up four-day US trip, Hong Kong finance chief says ‘pragmatic topics’ such as carbon markets, sustainable finance and talent development are good starting points for cooperation.

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Finance chief Paul Chan delivers a speech on May 29 in Berkeley to promote collaboration between the San Francisco Bay Area and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Photo: ISD
Hong Kong economy

US, China must take lead in climate fight despite competitive relationship: envoy

Ambassador to Washington delivers video speech as slew of agreements announced on Wednesday in Berkeley at the China-US High-level Event on Subnational Climate Action.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Paul Chan to visit US under bay area promotion with Macau, Guangdong

Financial Secretary Paul Chan will first visit France then move on to US – his second trip there in six months – accompanied by delegates from Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province.

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Shenzhen

Hong Kong, Shenzhen begin cross-border credit checks in pilot trial

A new data-verification platform will test Beijing’s plan to keep watch on cross-border data flows without disrupting normal business operations.

A view across the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border. Photo: SCMP/May Tse
Greater Bay Area

The Greater Bay Area at 5

February 18 marks five years since Beijing unveiled its blueprint to turn the Greater Bay Area into a hi-tech powerhouse by 2035. The region of more than 86 million people covers Hong Kong, Macau and nine Guangdong cities. In this series, the Post looks at Hong Kong’s progress in meeting targets set for it, how different cities are vying to conquer the skies and more.

Greater Bay Area

Hong Kong and rest of Greater Bay Area pledge closer links 5 years into plan

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan says stronger links between city’s financial sector and rest of Greater Bay Area being forged.

China property

Greater Bay Area property market’s future seen powered by economic synergies

Property markets in China’s Greater Bay Area will see an uptick in 2024, as businesses and communities find synergies within the 11-city economic powerhouse, which has a GDP of US$2 trillion and a population of 86 million.

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