Year-ender: Major economic events in China

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development plan

The outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Feb 18.

The bay area consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), as well as nine cities in Guangdong province -- Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.