Hong Kong’s Bay Area vision

Download the PDF This is the fifth in a series of factsheets about Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and the 2026 policy address. Click here to view the other factsheets. The series has been produced with support from the Hong Kong SAR government. To see the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the five-year plan, click here. This factsheet will appear in the SCMP print edition on October 26. You can find the newspaper at newsstands and convenience stores. For inquiries, contact... [Image text:] Driven by strategic emerging industries and advanced manufacturing in vehicles,electronics BAY AREA VISION and petrochemicals,Guangzhou serves as a vital Shenzhen international trade portal. Shenzhen focuses heavily on innovation Hong Kong is one of 11 Greater Bay Area cities including biotechnology, that collectively form a strategic fulcrum new materials and in the country's new development vision. next-generation information technology. The bay area will be a demonstration zone Zhaoqing of high-quality development, according Huizhou to the city's first five-year plan. It will be a hotbed of groundbreaking research and innovation and a place for talent to work, live and play. Dongguan Foshan COMPARING BAY AREAS Land area Population GDP sq km (million) (US$ billion) Hong Kong Zhongshan Guangdong- 56,118 88.39" Hong Kong- As an international financial Macau Greater centre,Hong Kong boasts Bay Area strengths including the rule of law and a free and open economy. Jiangmen Zhuhai Tokyo 36,904 44.39 2,097.5 Bay Area Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hong Kong Western Rail Link 25 San Francisco 17.887 7.59 1,288.6 Macau High-speed rail 1***1 Oianhaiwan Bay Area Macau is the nation's only directly connects Hong Kong with 25 stations in seven out gaming hub and is striving to New York 17,312 19.50 of nine mainland GBA cities Metropolitan 2,298.9 diversify its economy in areas Hung Shui Ki