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Hong Kong professionals will find it easier to operate in the economic zone, and easing of investment restrictions will help revive economies in the city and mainland China.
Trip by Hong Kong officials and lawmakers to mainland China’s Greater Bay Area illustrated the benefits of cross-border cooperation and development.
Exchange programmes involving city and mainland officers are aimed at improving understanding and cooperation in the integrated economic and business hub.
Rules on people moving between Hong Kong and the mainland should be synchronised to avoid the kind of confusion we have seen this week.
Tackling payment issues is a small but important part of Beijing’s broader efforts to bring down barriers for foreigners in China, with a particular focus on the start of the Canton Fair later this month in Guangzhou.
Universities from around the globe examine collaborations with research and education institutions in the Greater Bay Area.
Nansha, a district in China’s southern provincial capital of Guangzhou, has been christened as a test bed for the ‘low-altitude economy’, an emerging industry covering unmanned vehicles, particularly drones.
Growing number of elderly Hongkongers opting to live across the border, but concern groups say fundamental differences between local and mainland’s healthcare system still a deterrent.
Hongkongers eligible for subsidies will by the third quarter be able to spend them at seven additional hospitals and dental clinics in southern China. Fostering a stronger culture of preventive medicine will help ease the burden on local hospitals and clinics
Cancellations on Thursday and Friday affect G305 and G306 routes to Tianjin West, as well as G6505 and G6506 trains between Hong Kong and Guangzhou South.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says expansion of voucher scheme aims to benefit elderly Hong Kong residents retiring in bay area cities.
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan says stronger links between city’s financial sector and rest of Greater Bay Area being forged.
After five years, China’s efforts to integrate its populous south under its Greater Bay Area blueprint appear to have borne fruit, with transport between regions already taking less time – and future construction aims to make those trips even faster and easier.
Some experts have warned that Hong Kong could lose out in the battle for business as Shenzhen and Guangzhou airports eye aggressive expansion.
China’s measures to boost the nation’s troubled housing market are trickling down to the provincial and city levels, with more cities relaxing curbs to buy property.
The Foshan-based developer has listed five properties for sale in Guangdong’s provincial capital as it seeks to raise cash to repay debt due in the next six months.
Vast room’ for links with San Francisco and New York City bay areas, head of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries says.
Exhibition at Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre in Kowloon Park brings together 170 exhibits dating from Western Han dynasty to present day.
Proposals revealed in National Development and Reform Commission action plan, which also calls for incentives to attract Hong Kong talent across border.
Three out of China’s four tier-1 cities saw new-home prices fall in November, with only Shanghai showing an increase, according to National Bureau of Statistics data, as the market waits for stimulus measures to take hold.
A think tank has recommended the establishment of a common market in China’s Greater Bay Area, proposing a system of regional integration similar to the European Union.
Hong Kong-listed Link Reit opened the newly renovated mall in Guangzhou’s Tianhe district in September, with CEO George Hongchoy denying rumours that the company plans to sell some assets in China.
For every five new jobs in artificial intelligence in China, there are only two qualified workers available, a sign of the serious shortage of talent in the hot sector, according to a new report.
Guangzhou has become China’s first tier-1 city to introduce housing vouchers to compensate residents displaced under urban-renewal efforts. The move could boost demand and revive the local housing market, an analyst says.
A former mayor of Chongqing, still sought after for his economic expertise, has commented that Hong Kong can play a special role in the Greater Bay Area’s growth through its advanced producer services sector.
Since the border reopened, Hongkongers, particularly retirees, have started to think once again about buying property in the bay area, say analysts. The falling yuan and a slew of measures to boost the market are making the prospect more attractive.
Hong Kong pay increases this year ranged from 3.2 to 3.8 per cent, higher than Macau at between 1.9 and 2.7 per cent, but financial hub also had high staff turnover.
The Canton Fair, a marquee trade event and barometer for the vitality of China’s exports, is already seeing high attendance amid improved numbers for the country’s overall economic performance.
China’s southern metropolis of Shenzhen is the only mainland city where individuals can apply for bankruptcy, but it’s not easy, as authorities seem to frown on debt forgiveness.