CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Friday, December 20, 2019 | 7 th ANNIVERSARY OF MACAO SAR Greater prospects As part of the 13th Five-Year Plan, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an important national economic development strategy for China Globally influential Vibrant international world-class innovation and city cluster technology hub GOALS OF GREATER Important Quality area for BAY AREA support pillar for living, working and the Belt and Road traveling Initiative Showcase for in-depth cooperation GUANGDONG between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Guangzhou Zhaoqing Foshan Dongguan Jiangmen Huizhou Shenzhen GREATER BAY AREA Zhongshan INFORMATION Hong Kong Member cities: Macao Two special administrative Zhuhai 47 regions, plus nine Bachelor’s degree Guangdong cities Population Area Unit: million GDP Unit: sq km EDUCATION Unit: billion yuan Hong Kong SAR 1,106 Macao SAR 32.9 LEVELS IN 9 GREATER Guangdong Master’s degree and above BAY AREA 1,997 Shenzhen Unit: percent 2,297 Guangzhou 7,434 Hong Kong SAR 7.39 Hong Kong SAR 2.2 Foshan 3,798 9.3 Junior high Vocational Dongguan 2,460 and below senior high Huizhou 11,346 Zhongshan 1,784 Jiangmen 9,505 Zhuhai 1,732 Macao SAR 340 0.65 Macao SAR Zhaoqing 14,891 32.5 Vocational college GUANGDONG GUANGDONG 65.3 Guangzhou Bay Area plan gives Macao a key role 64 Shenzhen Shenzhen 2,244 12.53 Shenzhen By ZHANG YANGFEI MACAO:
[email protected] SMALL BUT WEALTHY OVERNIGHT 24.5 The outline development plan for the Guangdong- Macao' s global ranking in VISITORS TO Zhuhai Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, unveiled by the GDP per capita according 4th CITIES IN central government in February, listed Macao as one of 16.9 to the World Bank.