https://www.scmp.com/rss/508171/feed Latest news, analysis, explainers and updates on policy announcements, corporate developments and investment opportunities focused on Zhongshan under the Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative in southern China’s Pearl River Delta The 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 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Feng shui tips for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs for the Year of the Horse 2026 Feng shui master Andrew Kwan shares where each Chinese zodiac sign can place items for good luck in the Year of the Fire Horse. 2. ‘I could not walk’: how exercise helped a mother manage serious knee pain With surgery off the table, Hong... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-zodiac/article/3344677/chinese-zodiac-feng-shui-tips-moms-path-pain-free-movement-7-lifestyle-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-zodiac/article/3344677/chinese-zodiac-feng-shui-tips-moms-path-pain-free-movement-7-lifestyle-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:21:07 +0000 Connor Mycroft,Fiona Chow Connor Mycroft,Fiona Chow The number of inbound visitors to Hong Kong on New Year’s Eve rose by 25 per cent from 2024, despite the city forgoing its traditional fireworks display because of the deadly Tai Po fire, with bars and hotels appearing to benefit the most from the increase in footfall over the holiday. But with the number of departures by Hongkongers also increasing by nearly 21 per cent over the same period, not all businesses stood to gain equally. Immigration Department figures compiled by the Post on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3338413/hong-kong-welcomes-25-more-visitors-new-years-eve-2024?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3338413/hong-kong-welcomes-25-more-visitors-new-years-eve-2024?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:30:08 +0000 Harvey Kong Harvey Kong More than 700 mainland Chinese drivers have applied to enter Hong Kong’s urban areas under a new scheme starting on Tuesday, with transport authorities stressing that vehicles arriving through the policy will not worsen traffic conditions. Hong Kong’s Transport Department said on Thursday that the mainland car owners were among the 1,700 winners of a ballot that allowed them to apply for the scheme and was conducted by Guangdong authorities on November 23. “The booking quota is now set at 100... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3336872/over-700-mainland-chinese-drivers-apply-enter-hong-kong-under-travel-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3336872/over-700-mainland-chinese-drivers-apply-enter-hong-kong-under-travel-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:50:04 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Japanese imaging technology giant Canon has shut down one of its major printer production facilities in mainland China, underscoring the growing clout of domestic brands in the country’s printing market. A visit on Thursday by the Post to Canon Zhongshan Business Machines, in Zhongshan city in the southern Guangdong province, revealed little activity. The car park was nearly empty, while a dozen employees strolled outside the office building. A worker said production had halted late last month,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3335186/end-era-canon-closes-china-printer-plant-japanese-brand-loses-local-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3335186/end-era-canon-closes-china-printer-plant-japanese-brand-loses-local-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:15 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Nearly 2,400 mainland Chinese drivers have applied for 1,700 spots under a much-awaited special scheme that allows them to drive their cars directly into urban areas of Hong Kong, according to Guangdong authorities. The Traffic Management Authority of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department said on Sunday that 2,388 drivers had submitted applications earlier this month for the first round of balloting. The 1,700 successful applicants selected by computer ballot on Sunday can expect... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3333989/nearly-2400-guangdong-drivers-apply-cross-border-entry-scheme-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3333989/nearly-2400-guangdong-drivers-apply-cross-border-entry-scheme-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:51:50 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Hong Kong has recorded two more imported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya involving a man and a woman who had both recently travelled to mainland China. The latest cases pushed the total number of confirmed infections in the city to 70 so far this year, of which four were locally acquired, the Centre for Health Protection said on Sunday. The man, 69, lives in Yuen Long. He visited Yunnan province with three other friends between November 9 and 16. According to preliminary... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3333864/chikungunya-strikes-two-hong-kong-travellers-infection-count-rises-70?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3333864/chikungunya-strikes-two-hong-kong-travellers-infection-count-rises-70?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:42:18 +0000 Cannix Yau Cannix Yau Motorists from four Guangdong cities will be able to apply to enter Hong Kong under a new travel scheme from Saturday, while applications to drive into urban areas will open on December 9, the government has announced. The government said on Friday that applications for the “Park and Fly” car park at the airport would open at 9am on November 1, with operations commencing at midnight on November 15. Both sides also agreed that eligible mainland Chinese applicants could submit applications from... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3331060/hong-kong-expands-cross-border-access-guangdong-motorists-under-new-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3331060/hong-kong-expands-cross-border-access-guangdong-motorists-under-new-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:22:56 +0000 Hannah Wang Hannah Wang Hong Kong can help European companies tap promising markets in Asia, particularly mainland China, by leveraging the city’s unique advantages and its booming financial market, according to two firms that are using bases of operations in the city to further expand in the region. Italian-owned food importer and distributor Bright View and French fintech firm Libertify are using Hong Kong as a springboard to reach opportunities in mainland China, elsewhere in Asia and further abroad, with the help... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3321481/european-firms-tout-hong-kong-springboard-expansion-mainland-china-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3321481/european-firms-tout-hong-kong-springboard-expansion-mainland-china-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:00:14 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Hong Kong recorded nearly 45 million visitor arrivals in 2024, up 31 per cent from the previous year. This figure places the city ahead of regional competitors including Singapore (16.5 million) and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3314006/make-marina-tourism-splash-hong-kong-needs-more-infrastructure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3314006/make-marina-tourism-splash-hong-kong-needs-more-infrastructure?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jun 2025 03:30:07 +0000 Alice Li Alice Li With e-commerce platforms gearing up for one of China’s biggest shopping festivals of the year, some local governments have suddenly paused subsidies offered for certain goods through a national trade-in programme, upending expectations that the offerings would continue all year. As of Thursday, consumers in Guangzhou, the capital of the southern provincial powerhouse of Guangdong, found that they could no longer claim vouchers for home-remodelling products such as doors, ceramic tiles and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3313217/local-governments-halt-some-subsidies-purchases-ahead-chinas-618-shopping-festival?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3313217/local-governments-halt-some-subsidies-purchases-ahead-chinas-618-shopping-festival?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:18 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng WMDoll, one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, expects to record a 30 per cent jump in sales this year, as the company’s adoption of open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) models helped improve the user experience of its products. Feedback received by WMDoll has been generally good after integrating large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT – into its new anthropomorphic sex toys, according to founder and chief executive Liu... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3298783/chinese-sex-doll-maker-sees-jump-2025-sales-ai-boosts-adult-toys-user-experience?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3298783/chinese-sex-doll-maker-sees-jump-2025-sales-ai-boosts-adult-toys-user-experience?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:00:18 +0000 For those trying to understand the astonishing development of the Greater Bay Area development zone, and Hong Kong’s struggle for engagement and relevance within it, you can do worse than examine our “tale of three bridges”. The examination raises hard questions about Hong Kong’s declining role as a driver of regional growth, and whether the Shenzhen-Dongguan megalopolis – which mainland officials are already putting at the heart of the “Golden Inner Bay” – is not already the centre of gravity... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3277432/can-hong-kong-bring-its-ghost-bridge-back-life?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3277432/can-hong-kong-bring-its-ghost-bridge-back-life?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:30:09 +0000 Lawmakers and a former Hong Kong leader have urged the government to take a less restrictive approach to a scheme that will allow hundreds of private cars from mainland China and Macau to enter the city after a senior Beijing official singled out the initiative as being in need of “reform and breakthroughs”. Their remarks on Tuesday followed a call by commerce minister Wang Wentao a day earlier to overcome restrictions in the roll-out of the “Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles” scheme as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3276154/hong-kong-urged-change-approach-scheme-allowing-mainland-china-vehicles-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3276154/hong-kong-urged-change-approach-scheme-allowing-mainland-china-vehicles-city?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Aug 2024 15:09:59 +0000 Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines has rolled out a tax-free sea-to-air service for six ports in mainland China, allowing passengers who travel from them to seamlessly transit at the city’s international airport. The carrier said on Tuesday the newly launched air link service was a collaboration with Chu Kong Passenger Transport and made under a code-share arrangement with the ports of Dongguan Humen, Guangzhou Nansha, Guangzhou Pazhou, Shenzhen Fuyong, Shenzhen Shekou and Zhongshan. Starting on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3272434/hong-kongs-greater-bay-airlines-launches-sea-air-tax-free-service-6-mainland-ports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3272434/hong-kongs-greater-bay-airlines-launches-sea-air-tax-free-service-6-mainland-ports?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:22:54 +0000 Yulu Ao Yulu Ao Developers in the Greater Bay Area city of Zhongshan are seizing on the launch of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, which dramatically reduces travel time to the city, enticing prospective buyers from Hong Kong and other metropolises with discounts and subsidies of up to 260,000 yuan (US$35,773). The allure of Zhongshan real estate has been heightened following the inauguration of the 24km road link with Shenzhen, which cuts travel time to a mere 30 minutes from the previous two hours. The link’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3269481/hongkongers-eye-zhongshan-property-new-bridge-shenzhen-delivers-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3269481/hongkongers-eye-zhongshan-property-new-bridge-shenzhen-delivers-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jul 2024 05:39:52 +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 Macau casino and entertainment operator Melco International Development is making its first foray into the Greater Bay Area’s Zhongshan and plans to build one of the city’s biggest mixed-use development with mainland Chinese developer Agile Group Holdings. The pair have won a mega site four times the size of Hong Kong’s Victoria Park for 4 billion yuan (US$515 million), according to a filing made by Melco with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday. “Over the past 15 years, Melco has been... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3138467/macau-casino-firm-melco-develop-mixed-use-project-first-zhongshan-venture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3138467/macau-casino-firm-melco-develop-mixed-use-project-first-zhongshan-venture?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jun 2021 23:30:15 +0000 Zhang Kun, who manages US$18.4 billion in assets as China’s biggest money manager at E-Fund Management, has been building up a substantial stake in Jonjee Hi-Tech Industrial and Commercial Holding as a winning recipe for his market-beating funds. This year alone, Zhang’s three equity mutual funds have spent 3 billion yuan (US$459 million) on picking up 53.5 million shares in Jonjee from the market, according to the company’s latest shareholding data. These purchases have increased his overall... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3128630/chinas-biggest-fund-manager-87-cent-gains-picks-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3128630/chinas-biggest-fund-manager-87-cent-gains-picks-market?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:30:08 +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 American car maker Tesla is launching its first supercharger station in the city of Zhongshan with the hope of attracting a growing number of electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the Greater Bay Area development zone. The station, which is expected to be put into use in January, will shorten the charging time for every 250km drive by more than half to 15 minutes, according to Centenary United, a car services provider that has partnered with Tesla to build the facility. “The station could attract... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3113446/tesla-launch-supercharger-station-zhongshan-future-greater?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3113446/tesla-launch-supercharger-station-zhongshan-future-greater?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:00:09 +0000 Yujing Liu Yujing Liu One of the earliest forest kindergartens in China sees a bright future for the alternative form of preschool education in the country, as more wealthy millennial parents shift away from traditional exam-oriented curriculum for their children. Rockies Forest Kindergarten, in southern China’s Zhongshan city, is one of a few schools in the country that offer a nature-based curriculum. Children spend a significant amount of their day playing and learning outdoors in a woodland, farm and green yard... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112641/forest-kindergarten-zhongshan-millennial-parents-are-so?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112641/forest-kindergarten-zhongshan-millennial-parents-are-so?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Dec 2020 04:45:16 +0000 Many people living outside mainland China may not be familiar with Zhongshan city, but the birthplace of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of modern China, is keen on taking its place as a leading city in the country’s ambitious Greater Bay Area development plan. Zhongshan sits at the centre of the bay area, a region around southern China’s Pearl River Delta that Beijing plans to transform into an integrated 11-city urban cluster to power the nation’s economic growth. The city, whose economic... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112461/zhongshan-birthplace-sun-yat-sen-revamps-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3112461/zhongshan-birthplace-sun-yat-sen-revamps-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:00:29 +0000 Property investors from Hong Kong are not letting coronavirus social distancing measures and closed borders get in the way of a promising deal in the Greater Bay Area development zone. Aiko Lo, in her mid 30s, and her husband recently bought a holiday home in Zhongshan, one of the nine mainland Chinese cities included in the zone, without leaving Hong Kong. Held back by the coronavirus pandemic initially, they decided to explore new projects on the internet while stuck at home. Last month, they... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3097688/hongkongers-eye-deals-greater-bay-area-city-zhongshan-turn-internet-buy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3097688/hongkongers-eye-deals-greater-bay-area-city-zhongshan-turn-internet-buy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:30:20 +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