Bay Area plan leading center

Goal to become innovation, technology hub, important pillar for Belt and Road

The much-anticipated development plan outline for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was unveiled on Monday, aiming to turn the 11-city cluster into a globally influential international innovation and technology hub and an important support pillar for the Belt and Road Initiative.

The plan was released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. It sets both near-term and long-term development objectives for the region.