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　 The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (粤港澳大湾区) is an initiative to create greater integration between nine cities in the Pearl River Delta along with Macau and Hong Kong.

　　What could be the benefits of the Greater Bay Area?

　         Integrating Hong Kong’s world-class legal, professional and institutional systems

　　         Integrating Guangdong’s global scale manufacturing and resources

　　         Drawing global talent to an exciting new region

　　         Creating a better “brand” that attracts new investment and global industry

　　        Free flow of workers and travelers between the regions/cities

　         Greater development of universities across the region

　　        Greater tourism resource development and cross promotion

　　         Greater infrastructure development

　　In a nutshell, lowering the barriers to the movement of people, information, and capital.

　　What cities and regions will form the Greater Bay Area?

　　The Greater Bay Area is comprised of the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao plus nine municipalities located in Guangdong Province being Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.

　　Greater Bay Area Facts

　　         Combined Population: 66.72 million

　　         Combined Area: 56,000 sq. km

　　        Combined GDP: 1.3 trillion USD

　　         The Greater Bay Area accounts for 12% of China’s GDP