Greater Bay Area

The measure forms part of the Shenzhen government’s zero-tolerance approach to sporadic coronavirus infections in the hi-tech hub.

Manufacturers in the Greater Bay Area expected orders and sales to broadly rebound this year, as China’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic gained momentum, according to a survey by Standard Chartered.

Young people have been offered a choice of employment schemes and mentorship programmes – they ignore the potential of the Greater Bay Area at their own peril.

HSBC and Standard Chartered, which have announced big expansion plans in the Greater Bay Area, want cross-border travel restrictions to ease as they face headwinds from the pandemic.

Standard Chartered is seeking to service clients across their life cycles, from affluent to ultra-high net worth customers, as part of its push to cater for wealthy clients in Asia.

Hong Kong’s property bull run – unencumbered by policy restrictions – is racing ahead of the nine cities in southern China’s Guangdong province that make up the GBA, widening the yawning price gap that could attract investment dollars to pour northwards in search of better value.

Mario Ho, the youngest son of the late Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho and an MIT graduate, has set up a family office platform to help wealthy families tap opportunities in the fast-growing Greater Bay Area.

Net interest margin likely to ‘remain challenging’ for Hong Kong’s banks this year, KPMG China said in its latest report card on the city’s financial sector.

The compiler of Hong Kong’s benchmark index wants to introduce more gauges tracking stocks in the Greater Bay Area as well as biotech and environmental companies.

Under its new five-year plan, Shenzhen will play a key role in helping China’s ‘technology self-sufficiency’ strategy amid an escalating hi-tech rivalry with the US.

Desay SV Automotive, a Huizhou-based electronics components maker, is developing new technologies that could help Chinese electric vehicle makers put passengers into driverless cars.

HSBC’s appointment of Stuart Lea and Dai Kitamura come as David Liao, former head of global banking for Asia-Pacific, moves into a co-CEO role for the region.

Latest report produced by team at Guangzhou University on state of language in Greater Bay Area also says simplified Chinese should have legal status in the city.

Record-breaking electricity consumption in southern Chinese provinces has prompted state-owned power grid operator to ration power to factories and commercial services providers.

Some apartment owners have reduced their asking prices days after the 72-storey SEG Plaza in Shenzhen began to sway for no apparent reason. The incident could dent the red-hot property market, analysts say.

With stake sales by China Fortune Securities, Morgan Stanley will be the latest Wall Street bank to seek further control of its Chinese joint ventures as the country’s financial sector further opens up.

Many tenants selling electrical goods in SEG Plaza want to be compensated for business disruption and early termination of their leases after the 72-storey skyscraper began mysteriously swaying on May 18.

Beijing’s national data centre initiative is expected to further expand the country’s digital economy, while meeting ambitious green targets.

The Macalline Aijia agency set prices of second-hand units at double the official limit and tried to hide behind a cipher that used durians and bananas, an investigation found.

National Development and Reform Commission says there is no such individual, and the Greater Bay Area leading group is headed by Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng.

Having Hong Kong and Macau people work together in Shenzhen is an important signifier of the Greater Bay Area integration plan, authorities say.

President of Guangzhou campus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology gives details on how the sister facility will operate.

Surging prices at the fastest monthly pace since last September puts the pressure on the government to impose even more draconian measures to cool the market.

Shenzhen New Frontier United Family Hospital, a private high-end hospital that is set to open its doors later this year, will try to attract the affluent and middle-class residents of the Greater Bay Area with competitive pricing.

HSBC wants to tap business opportunities from the soon-to-be launched Wealth Management Connect scheme, and will also introduce more digital banking services to attract tech-savvy millennials, a senior executive says.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange will continue to be a magnet for SMEs and tech firms, mirroring Nasdaq’s appeal, and has a vital role in the Greater Bay Area, adviser Anthony Neoh says.