In addition, the plan includes detailed arrangements for the flow of goods, people, capital and data between the zone and Macao. It also sets forth the collaboration and communication mechanism between Guangdong and Macao for the zone's management, as well as measures to ensure smooth collaboration.

In separate statements, the Macao government and the central government's liaison office in Macao welcomed the plan, saying it will inject new momentum into the SAR's long-term development.

Hengqin has long been a role model for Guangdong-Macao collaboration. It is the mainland's most concentrated area of Macao-invested enterprises, with 3,290 such companies registered before January of this year.