HONG KONG • The Chinese authorities have unveiled a timeline to further integrate Hong Kong and Macau into the mainland under the ambitious Greater Bay Area plan to create a cluster of world-class cities in southern China..
HONG KONG • The Chinese authorities have unveiled a timeline to further integrate Hong Kong and Macau into the mainland under the ambitious Greater Bay Area plan to create a cluster of world-class cities in southern China.
An 11-chapter document released last night by the central committee of the Chinese Communist Party states that the 11 cities in the plan would boost collaboration by 2022 in areas including the central pillar that is science and technology, intellectual property rights and even ecological conservation.
By 2035, the region would have developed an economic system largely driven by innovation.
The plan involves linking 11 cities in the Pearl River Delta area within a two-hour radius of Hong Kong. It comprises Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhongshan, Foshan, Zhaoqing and Jiangmen.
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau were identified by Beijing as core engines for driving growth in nearby regions.
Under the road map, Hong Kong would build on its status as an international financial, transportation and trade hub.
