Nansha Bridge to bolster Greater Bay Area

A new bridge across the Pearl River estuary officially opened on Tuesday, and it is expected to play an important role in accelerating economic cooperation and infrastructure connectivity among cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The Nansha Bridge is the first innovative megaproject to begin service after the central government unveiled development plans for the Bay Area in February, according to Liu Xiaohua, general manager of Guangdong Provincial Communications Group Ltd.

"It is a major passageway that links the large cities of Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou in the eastern part of Pearl River Delta to Foshan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing in the western part," Liu said at the launching ceremony on Tuesday.