Editorial | Greater Bay Area cities should play to their strengths for the best results
- As the initiative marks its fifth anniversary, its steady achievement underlines the importance of more high-level planning and coordination between Hong Kong and the other 10 cities to further drive development
Five years ago, Beijing’s plan to create a global economic powerhouse in the nation’s southern region was just a blueprint on the drawing board.
Today, from cross-border banking and investment to work, travel and entertainment, the Greater Bay Area is everyday life’s reality.
While there are promising signs of development, the prolonged period of Covid disruptions and political crisis also leave a lot of catching up to do.
The 11 cities grouped under this strategic development drive must play to their strengths more vigorously for better results.
The benefits and the challenges ahead have been put into perspective in a series of Post’s reports marking the fifth anniversary of the state initiative.
Having got off to a slow start because of the 2019 social unrest and the pandemic, Hong Kong has rightly accelerated the pace following the reopening of the mainland border.
