https://www.scmp.com/rss/330454/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When the pandemic is finally behind us, Hong Kong will return, with its regional neighbours, to the Greater Bay Area project. It used to be a hot topic of discussion among academics and policymakers before Hong Kong was effectively shut out by pandemic border controls. However, there is little doubt that the Greater Bay Area remains a key part of Hong Kong’s long-term development. As a project of regional economic integration, its success will ultimately be determined by the free exchange of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3177370/hong-kongs-denial-dependent-visas-mainland-spouses-sends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3177370/hong-kongs-denial-dependent-visas-mainland-spouses-sends?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 May 2022 22:45:14 +0000 China’s new plan to further relax market access in Shenzhen has underlined the southern tech hub’s position at the heart of the country’s tech ambitions for the Greater Bay Area (GBA), a region covering Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in southern Guangdong province, analysts say. Under the new plan drafted by China’s state economic planner, Shenzhen will be given the autonomy to set up a global trading centre for electronic components and semiconductors, to accelerate data exchange and turn... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3165167/shenzhens-central-spot-chinas-ambitions-achieve-self-sufficiency-core?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3165167/shenzhens-central-spot-chinas-ambitions-achieve-self-sufficiency-core?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:00:17 +0000 China is building its first “free trade port for data” with an investment of 31.8 billion yuan (US$5 billion) in Nansha, Guangzhou city as part of the country’s efforts to build up controllable cross-border information flows, according to state media outlet Nanfang Daily on Friday. The Nansha International Data Free Trade Port, identified as a key digital infrastructure project by local and state governments last year, will be the country’s trial project for cross-border data transfer, powered... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3162601/china-plans-its-first-free-data-port-guangzhou-beijing-eyes-total?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3162601/china-plans-its-first-free-data-port-guangzhou-beijing-eyes-total?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jan 2022 01:00:26 +0000 The new airport planned for the Greater Bay Area city of Foshan will boost the region’s global standing in aviation development, but a well-defined strategy is needed to differentiate it from other airfields in the region, analysts said. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) earlier this month officially approved a proposal to build a new airport in Gaoming district of Foshan, the third city in Guangdong province with gross domestic product in excess of 1 trillion yuan (US$153.9... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3125707/foshans-new-airport-thrive-it-must-set-itself-apart-other-hubs-greater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3125707/foshans-new-airport-thrive-it-must-set-itself-apart-other-hubs-greater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:30:15 +0000