https://www.scmp.com/rss/506431/feed Latest news, analysis, explainers and updates on policy announcements, corporate developments and investment opportunities focused on Huizhou under the Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative in southern China’s Pearl River Delta. Coverage includes politics and policies, business, lifestyle and culture and useful to-do guides about living, working and studying in the GBA. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cheung Hok-hang Cheung Hok-hang Huizhou is a city in mainland China’s southern Guangdong province just 90 minutes from Hong Kong on the high-speed rail that offers budget-friendly stays and activities like leisurely strolls around its West Lake’s Lingnan-style pavilions. But venture out of the city and you can discover how the wider Huizhou region is quietly transforming into a “scenic sweat” destination for those seeking physical activities among picturesque surroundings infused with culture. An hour’s drive northwest leads... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3345983/5-top-china-instagram-spots-huizhous-highway-218-blend-nature-and-architecture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3345983/5-top-china-instagram-spots-huizhous-highway-218-blend-nature-and-architecture?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:15:08 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela China will power up an ultra-efficient, nuclear waste-burning reactor with technology that it projects will safely meet humanity’s energy needs for the next 1,000 years. Accelerator-driven subcritical systems (ADS) are advanced nuclear reactors that can both generate energy and transmute long-lived radioactive waste into shorter-lived and less hazardous isotopes. Designed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) along with state nuclear enterprises, the China Initiative... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3345661/1000-year-source-china-plans-fire-world-first-accelerator-driven-nuclear-reactor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3345661/1000-year-source-china-plans-fire-world-first-accelerator-driven-nuclear-reactor?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:59:33 +0000 Edith Lin Edith Lin Tickets for most of the new high-speed rail destinations in mainland China from Hong Kong have sold out for the weekend preceding the Lunar New Year holiday, according to a check by the South China Morning Post on Sunday. The official 12306 train service app indicated that all classes of tickets from Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Station to 14 of the 16 new mainland stops were fully booked from Friday through next Sunday, just ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday starting on February 17. Nanjing and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3342847/new-rail-routes-mainland-china-nearly-sold-out-ahead-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3342847/new-rail-routes-mainland-china-nearly-sold-out-ahead-lunar-new-year?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:47:07 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Singapore-based ASMPT, which makes semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment, will close its factory in Shenzhen and lay off 950 workers to streamline its operations in mainland China, the company’s largest market. Shutting down ASMPT Equipment (Shenzhen), which falls under the company’s semiconductor solutions segment, “was a tough but necessary decision” to better align the company “with evolving market dynamics and customer needs”, according to the Hong Kong-listed firm’s statement on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321488/singaporean-semiconductor-equipment-maker-asmpt-close-shenzhen-plant-axe-950-workers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3321488/singaporean-semiconductor-equipment-maker-asmpt-close-shenzhen-plant-axe-950-workers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:00:19 +0000 Julie Zhang Julie Zhang Nvidia supplier Victory Giant Technology (Huizhou) released plans for a Hong Kong share offering after regulators eased fundraising rules to support hi-tech companies. The company, one of mainland China’s largest printed circuit board manufacturers, said it would sell stock in Hong Kong that would represent no more than 10 per cent of its existing share capital, according to a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Underwriters would be granted the option to issue additional... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3320111/nvidia-supplier-victory-giant-unveils-plans-hong-kong-share-offering?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3320111/nvidia-supplier-victory-giant-unveils-plans-hong-kong-share-offering?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:10:01 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Victory Giant Technology (Huizhou) is considering a listing in Hong Kong that could raise about US$1 billion, according to people familiar with the situation. The maker of printed circuit boards was working with advisers on a potential second share sale that could take place as soon as this year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Considerations were preliminary, and details such as the size and timing of an offering could change, the people... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3318984/chinese-circuit-board-maker-victory-giant-considering-hong-kong-listing-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3318984/chinese-circuit-board-maker-victory-giant-considering-hong-kong-listing-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:20:06 +0000 Finding a new home is a stressful task that only becomes more daunting when the hunt extends into other areas and jurisdictions. It is good that Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has developed a timely solution to ease such headaches for the growing number of buyers and renters exploring the Greater Bay Area. The Consumer Council’s one-stop website consolidates property data from Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in Guangdong province. The central government’s bay area plan aims to integrate them... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3299218/hong-kong-website-helps-hunt-property-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3299218/hong-kong-website-helps-hunt-property-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 2025 22:30:07 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Battery-powered electric trucks driving long-distance routes from Shenzhen are more cost-effective than those powered by diesel fuel, according to an expert from a think tank. A pilot programme completed last year in the city showed that trucks that run on batteries beat diesel-fuelled vehicles in terms of total cost of ownership if their annual mileage exceeded 60,000 kilometres, said Xie Haiming, the director of Shenzhen Xieli New Energy and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Innovation Centre, a... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3296897/electric-trucks-cheaper-diesel-vehicles-long-haul-routes-shenzhen-trial-expert?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3296897/electric-trucks-cheaper-diesel-vehicles-long-haul-routes-shenzhen-trial-expert?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:30:07 +0000 More border checkpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China will be open on a 24-hour basis in line with “actual needs”, the country’s top economic planning body has said in a three-year action plan designed to boost business in the Greater Bay Area. The National Development and Reform Commission (NRDC) also promised to “achieve breakthroughs” in measures to attract Hong Kong talent across the border, such as in occupational qualification recognition and commercial medical insurance. Chief... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3246300/more-hong-kong-border-checkpoints-mainland-china-operate-24-hours-bid-boost-business-greater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3246300/more-hong-kong-border-checkpoints-mainland-china-operate-24-hours-bid-boost-business-greater-bay?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Dec 2023 10:23:11 +0000 China’s regulators will expand the cross-border investment channel with Hong Kong and Macau to encompass wealth management products, in a long-awaited move that will enhance Hong Kong’s standing as the offshore financial centre of the world’s second-largest capital market. The Wealth Management Connect has formally kicked off between Hong Kong, Macau, and the nine provincial cities in Guangdong known collectively as the Greater Bay Area (GBA), according to a statement by the Hong Kong Monetary... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3148293/wealth-management-connect-chinas-us465-billion-cross?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3148293/wealth-management-connect-chinas-us465-billion-cross?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:06:35 +0000 Hong Kong can connect the Greater Bay Area with the rest of the world, much like San Francisco’s role in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Bay Area. Both cities are meeting grounds, according to a joint report released by US think tank Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The report, “Bay to Bay China’s Greater Bay Area Plan and Its Synergies for US and San Francisco Bay Area Business”, released in the US overnight on Thursday, focuses on the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3138582/hong-kong-can-connect-greater-bay-area-world-much-san-franciscos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3138582/hong-kong-can-connect-greater-bay-area-world-much-san-franciscos?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:30:12 +0000 Desay SV Automotive, aHuizhou-based electronics components maker, is developing new technologies that could help Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers put passengers into driverless cars. The technology developer behind the P7, Guangzhou-based EV maker Xpeng’s all-electric mid-sized sedan, Desay has been working with Canada-based security software provider BlackBerry and US-based chip maker Nvidia to deliver internal computing hubs that can power autonomous driving. Beijing wants one in every... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3136836/chinese-autonomous-driving-firm-desay-allows-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3136836/chinese-autonomous-driving-firm-desay-allows-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:52:01 +0000 1. What is the size of the GBA's capital market? Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau can become Asia's largest. Learn more 2. What is the big deal about wealth management in the GBA? It is China's capital account reforms writ small. Learn more 3. What is Hong Kong’s role in the Greater Bay Area, according to China’s bank regulator? As the Greater Bay Area becomes a model of the country’s modernisation drive, Hong Kong will play a role in developing global innovation centres of science and... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3123073/17-things-you-may-not-know-about-southern-chinas-greater?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3123073/17-things-you-may-not-know-about-southern-chinas-greater?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:18:54 +0000 The Greater Bay Area (GBA) of southern China can provide Hong Kong with the potential market and the growth driver for taking the city’s economy out of its worst recession in decades, and a grant by local authorities to funds start-ups is still up for grabs, said Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. As job prospects dim amid Hong Kong’s recession, up to 4,000 young people can reach for the HK$100 million (US$13 million) grant set aside to fund as many as 200 start-ups throughout the 11 cities... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3100237/hong-kongs-exit-recession-market-space-jobs-and-labour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3100237/hong-kongs-exit-recession-market-space-jobs-and-labour?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:15:14 +0000 Land adjacent to railway stations in the Greater Bay Area may become a battlefield for Hong Kong developers as rental income and capital appreciation from properties close to transport links are likely to generate big returns, according to property executives and agents. In the next three to five years, 18 stations – some under construction, some already operating – will be offered for tender, with high potential to be developed under the so-called transport-oriented-development (TOD) model.... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3097554/competition-heats-hong-kong-developers-take-mainland-chinese-rivals-buy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3097554/competition-heats-hong-kong-developers-take-mainland-chinese-rivals-buy?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Aug 2020 09:14:56 +0000 The Hong Kong family behind Nameson Holdings, which among other businesses also makes jumpers for fashion brands Uniqlo, Tommy Hilfiger and others, is a big fan of Huizhou, and believes the city next to Shenzhen in mainland China will benefit from Beijing’s Greater Bay Area development policies. Wong Ting-chung, Nameson’s chairman, and his family have bet big on Huizhou over the past 18 years. The family has invested 5 billion yuan (US$713.8 million) across the manufacturing, property and hotels... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3094977/hong-kong-supplier-uniqlo-tommy-hilfiger-bets-us7138?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3094977/hong-kong-supplier-uniqlo-tommy-hilfiger-bets-us7138?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Jul 2020 23:30:09 +0000 Huizhou, which is included in Beijing’s Greater Bay Area development zone, was its most resilient office market over the first half of this year, according to property services firm Savills. The development zone, which includes Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland Chinese cities, has been battered by the coronavirus outbreak and escalating tensions between China and the United States. A set of indicators tracked by Savills to monitor changes in rent across the development zone cities pointed to... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3095037/recessionproof-huizhou-records-smallest-drop-rents-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3095037/recessionproof-huizhou-records-smallest-drop-rents-first?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:15:13 +0000 Keppel Capital, the asset management arm of Singapore’s conglomerate Keppel Group, has agreed to invest 1.5 billion yuan (US$213.8 million) to build a data centre in Huizhou, boosting the city’s ambition to create the IT backbone for southern China’s Greater Bay Area. The data centre, located in Tonghu Smart City, an industrial complex developed by Country Garden Holdings, will have gross floor area (GFA) of 45,000 square metres (486,700 square feet) when construction is completed in 2022,... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3094614/singapores-keppel-capital-builds-its-second-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3094614/singapores-keppel-capital-builds-its-second-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jul 2020 01:15:12 +0000 The southern Chinese city of Huizhou could become a “paradise” for investors from nearby Shenzhen after the latter tightened its rules for home purchases last week, and with the travelling time between the two cities set to be cut by half next year. Home prices in Huizhou saw the second-biggest gains in mainland China, climbing 6.7 per cent between March and June, when sales offices reopened in the wake of Covid-19 lockdown, according to Centaline Property’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) price index.... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3094092/tighter-rules-sky-high-prices-shenzhen-will-send-homebuyers-flocking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3094092/tighter-rules-sky-high-prices-shenzhen-will-send-homebuyers-flocking?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jul 2020 23:00:09 +0000 Huizhou, whose coastline in China’s southern Guangdong province is only a 90-minute drive from Kowloon, is being touted as the country’s own Miami. It’s also being pitched to Hong Kong’s elderly citizens seeking to retire and escape from the city’s hardships. Better cross-border transport linkages, greater subsidies for elderly health care, and lower care facility costs across the border would attract more Hongkongers to the Greater Bay Area (GBA) city, according to Guy Lam Kwok-hung, chairman... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3093592/escaping-hong-kong-misery-chinas-miami-huizhou-beckons-retirees-90-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3093592/escaping-hong-kong-misery-chinas-miami-huizhou-beckons-retirees-90-minutes?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:05:16 +0000 China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach), the country’s largest industrial machinery company, has signed a framework agreement with the Huizhou municipal government to build a “world-class” industrial estate for modern equipment manufacturing, as part of Beijing’s Greater Bay Area development initiative. The 10-year, three-phase project is expected to cost more than 200 billion yuan (US$28.6 billion), Nanfang Daily, the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3093433/chinese-machinery-giant-sinomach-build-us286-billion-smart-industrial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3093433/chinese-machinery-giant-sinomach-build-us286-billion-smart-industrial?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:45:17 +0000 China’s manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province has pledged to build 20 industrial estates by 2022 for firms that develop new industrial and business applications using 5G technology. The move by the provincial government is part of China’s programme outlined by President Xi Jinping to build “new infrastructure” to boost its economic recovery from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the action plan released last week by the provincial industry and information department,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3093118/5g-focus-chinas-guangdong-manufacturing-hub-pledges-build-20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3093118/5g-focus-chinas-guangdong-manufacturing-hub-pledges-build-20?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:30:16 +0000 Huizhou, a fast-growing mainland city, is getting to play a bigger role in Beijing’s Greater Bay Area and Belt and Road Initiative plans. Shanghai-based Juneyao Air has launched a new route connecting Huizhou to Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia, with a stopover in Changsha, capital of Hunan province in central China, linking the bay area city with the autonomous region in northern China. The route will also provide a further boost to Hulunbuir as it is a relatively important trading bridge connecting... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3093019/huizhous-air-link-hulunbuir-opens-greater-bay-area-city-northern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3093019/huizhous-air-link-hulunbuir-opens-greater-bay-area-city-northern?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:30:18 +0000 Huizhou, the second closest mainland city to Hong Kong, has taken a significant step forward in upgrading its industrial mix after securing two hi-tech projects with a combined investment of 5 billion yuan (US$714 million). The city has signed an agreement with Shenzhen Sinlikon Supply Chain Management to develop an industrial estate that will specialise in 5G telecommunication technology, according to Xinhua. It has also succeeded in drawing China’s leading robotics firm, Hit Robot Group, to... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3092997/huizhou-draws-5g-and-robotics-investments-us714-million-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3092997/huizhou-draws-5g-and-robotics-investments-us714-million-it?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Jul 2020 23:00:12 +0000 Huizhou, the second closest mainland Chinese city to Hong Kong, has set its sights on new industries including car and equipment manufacturing and clean energy to rejuvenate an economy that plummeted 8.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2020. The city’s two existing pillar industries – electronics and petrochemicals – have fallen victim to weaker external demand as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the global economy. Huizhou, or Wai Jau in Cantonese, is classified as one of the... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3092833/huizhou-looks-upgrade-its-industrial-mix-it-eyes-key-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3092833/huizhou-looks-upgrade-its-industrial-mix-it-eyes-key-role?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jul 2020 06:35:15 +0000 After China unveiled its latest plan to promote the Greater Bay Area as a wealth management hub on June 29, confusion reigned in financial circles. Under the pilot scheme, dubbed Wealth Management Connect, Hong Kong and Macau residents can buy onshore wealth management products sold by Chinese banks, while bay area residents can invest in products sold by Hong Kong and Macau’s banks. This broad outline left asset managers puzzling over what it would mean for China’s capital controls and... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3092326/how-chinas-greater-bay-area-wealth-management-connect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3092326/how-chinas-greater-bay-area-wealth-management-connect?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2020 00:30:12 +0000 China is going to build 46 new integrated pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce around the country to help revive its pandemic-hit foreign trade, the State Council’s executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang announced on Tuesday. On top of 59 existing ones, companies in the 46 new integrated pilot zones will enjoy support policies including exemption of value-added and excise taxes on retail exports and more favourable corporate tax rates. In addition, the government is encouraging... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3078951/china-set-46-new-integrated-pilot-zones-cross-border-e-commerce-revive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3078951/china-set-46-new-integrated-pilot-zones-cross-border-e-commerce-revive?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Apr 2020 05:32:14 +0000 Zhuhai, one of the two destinations of the world’s longest sea bridge from Hong Kong, has the biggest potential upside for homebuyers out of the nine mainland Chinese cities that form the Greater Bay Area, according to Hong Kong-based Real Estate Foresight. Although new home price growth in Zhuhai was one of the weakest in the bay area cities over the past 12 months, it has outperformed the rest in sales transactions in the same period, the research firm said. The bridge connecting the city to... https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/3009883/zhuhais-proximity-hong-kong-and-macau-should-make-it-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/3009883/zhuhais-proximity-hong-kong-and-macau-should-make-it-one?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 May 2019 04:00:18 +0000 Checking the schedule for long-distance, high-speed rail routes from Hong Kong’s West Kowloon terminus, it appears one of the few convenient stops for a weekend away with my wife and son is Huizhou in central Guangdong province. Huizhou is the name of both a city and the surrounding county in the eastern “Greater Bay Area”, with a mix of urban areas, culture and scenery. The city was once noted for its gangsters, with a 1997 San Francisco Chronicle describing it as being “widely regarded as... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2175760/china-weekend-break-huizhou-lake-districts-rich-history-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2175760/china-weekend-break-huizhou-lake-districts-rich-history-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Dec 2018 05:30:15 +0000