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Area, Hong Kong-branded hospitals can be established in Zhongshan, Zhuhai and other places. It is also
convenient for local tourists.
Many Hong Kong people want to work or retire in the Mainland, but they have reservations due to lack
of medical support. Through the planning of the Greater Bay Area, more medical facilities managed by
Hong Kong and Hong Kong can be built, making it easier for people living or retiring in the mainland. This
will also help alleviate the pressure on Hong Kong's aging society.
On the other hand, since the introduction of the planning outline, some people are worried that Hong
Kong's resources will be thinned. For example, in terms of medical treatment, patients living in the
Mainland can be arranged to go to Hong Kong for medical treatment, although the Chief Executive has
explained that it is targeted at Hong Kong residents living in the Greater Bay Area. People, but still not
enough to dispel doubts; there are also voices fearing that the Greater Bay Area will bring inbound people,
cars, etc. indefinitely, which Hong Kong cannot afford. In the end, the development of the Greater Bay
Area, which involves Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and nine cities in the Pearl River
Delta, covers an area of 56,000 square kilometers, has a total population of about 70 million, and a total
economic volume of 10 trillion Yuan. What will Hong Kong bring to the future? How should Hong Kong
people meet the development opportunities and challenges of the Greater Bay Area?
Principals of different universities suggested that Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao can co-operate to
create a "Bay Area Union University" to break the institutional barriers to higher education exchanges and
cooperation under the framework of one country, two systems, and promote the coordinated development
of higher education in the Greater Bay Area. Counselor of the Guangdong government, proposed to
introduce well-known universities to run schools in the Greater Bay Area; and promote the sharing of
educational resources in the three places, such as sharing online book resources, sharing teacher resources,
and sharing laboratories.
So, what are the reasons that make Hong Kong an irreplaceable place of the Development of the Greater
Bay Area?
Taking legal services as an example, Hong Kong legal professionals can assist different companies in the
region with their business activities, such as corporate restructuring, multinational corporations and asset
acquisitions. If companies in the Greater Bay Area wish to use Hong Kong as a "going global" bridge, they
can also use Hong Kong's legal advisory services to obtain more diverse advice and services.
The Financial Secretary said that the Greater Bay Area could set up an "international medical donation
trial zone" so that Hong Kong people could retire in the Mainland. He suggested setting up advanced
hospitals in Hong Kong and Macao, setting up branches in the test area, and incorporating the medical data
of Hong Kong and Macao citizens into the big data connection in the Greater Bay Area.
The Greater Bay Area includes two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau) and nine cities
in Guangdong Province (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, etc.). The GDP of the Greater
Bay Area is about 1.5 trillion US dollars, equivalent to South Korea, the world's 11th largest economy, and
it accounts for about 13% of China's GDP. In 2017, GDP increased by nearly 8% year-on-year.
The Hong Kong industry is more familiar with international technology trends and technology standards,
which can help the mainland's scientific research achievements expand to overseas markets. It can also
introduce suitable foreign technologies for Mainland enterprises for local application.