Plan offers big prospects for Bay Area

Efforts will be made to foster and develop strategic emerging industries

The outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will inject new impetus into tech companies in the region, play an important role in driving scientific and technological innovation, and deliver significant benefits to some emerging industries, innovative businesses and experts said.

China aims to develop the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into a globally influential international innovation and technology hub, according to a development plan issued on Monday.