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Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area accelerates growth in low-altitude economy
Participants visit the exhibition area of the 2025 Conference on High-Quality Development of Low-Altitude Economy in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in Guangzhou, south China's Gu
SZ unveils new incentives to attract foreign capital
Shenzhen has unveiled two new incentives to intensify support for multinational companies to establish high-end headquarters and foreign-invested R&D centers, signaling the city’s focus on attract
Pingshan’s AI-driven sanitation wins top prize
A sanitation vehicle cleans a road in Pingshan District. Artificial intelligence (AI) sanitation robots deployed in Shijing, Kengzi, and Longtian subdistricts have won first prize at the prestigi
AI-powered globalization helps Chinese firms take root overseas
When Shenzhen-based M-Star Packaging Company opened its overseas factory in Riverside, California earlier this year, the move quickly proved its value. Within just three months, the facility had recei

Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone

On Oct. 14, 2020, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered an important speech at the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, emphasizing the significance of "planning and building the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Hetao Cooperation Zone)." On Aug. 8, 2023, the State Council officially issued the Development Plan for the Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Hetao Plan), granting the Hetao Cooperation Zone three development orientations: "pilot area for deepening tech innovation cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, experimental zone for adopting advanced international tech innovation regulations, and aggregation zone for trial transformation within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area." The Hetao Plan clearly stipulates the need to advance the construction of the Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Cooperation Zone with high quality, high standards, and high levels. It also states the phased advancement of the Shenzhen Park's construction with 2025 and 2035 as key milestones. By 2025, an efficient cooperative mechanism for tech innovation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong will be established, showing positive results in open tech innovation cooperation. By 2035, a comprehensive pattern of collaborative innovation with the Hong Kong Park will be formed, making it a world-class research hub.

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