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Greater Bay Area
GT (Ellen Yeung) College, Cheung, Tian Yi Tim - 12
Hong Kong and the Mainland are closely connected. The Greater Bay Area helps Hong Kong Macau and
the Mainland connected together, to form a strong city area. With well-developed cross-boundary
transportation networks and cross-boundary facilities, there are frequent contacts between the two places
and cross-boundary passenger traffic has been on the rise in recent years. To fully leverage the integrated
advantages of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau region, deepen cooperation and take forward the
development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Participate in international
cooperation at a high level, enhance the leading role in the nation’s economic development and
comprehensive opening up, provide new impetus to the development of the two cities, and maintain the
long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kongand Macau. The Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) connects with the national high-speed rail network and
greatly shortens the traveling time between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and other cities in the
PRD. It consolidates Hong Kong's position as a regional transport hub. The Hong Kong Section of the
XRL, the HZMB, and the LT/HYW BCP will further enhance the capacity of Hong Kong boundary
crossing facilities in meeting the ever increasing cross-boundary passenger traffic. Together with transport
infrastructure connecting both sides of the Pearl River, such as the Nansha Bridge and Shenzhen-
Zhongshan Bridge, they will further improve transport connectivity within the Greater Bay Area and create
favorable conditions for attracting Mainland and overseas talents to the Greater Bay Area. To consolidate and
enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international maritime center, support Hong Kong’s development of
high-end maritime services such as ship management and leasing, ship finance, marine insurance as well as
maritime law and dispute resolution services, and provide such services to Mainland and Macao enterprises.
To increase the overall capacity of international shipping services of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, further
enhance the service capacity of infrastructural facilities including ports and fairways, form a complementary
and mutually beneficial system of port, shipping, logistics and ancillary services with Hong Kong, and
strengthen the port cluster’s overall international competitiveness. To focus on major coastal ports, and
improve the cargo distribution and transport network of inland waterways, port railway lines and
motorways.
Rely on a rapid transport network involving mainly high-speed rails, intercity railways and high-grade
motorways, as well as port and airport clusters, build regional economic development axes, and form an
efficiently connected spatial network of major cities. To better utilize the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge, speed up the construction of key transport infrastructures such as the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge
and the Shenzhen-Maoming Railway, enhance the level of development on the west bank of the Pearl
River, and foster development synergy between the east and west banks of the Pearl River. To consolidate
and enhance Hong Kong’s status as an international aviation hub, strengthen its role as an aviation
management training center, raise the competiveness of Guangzhou’s and Shenzhen’s airports as
international hubs, strengthen the functions of airports such as those in Macao and Zhuhai, and pursue
differential development and positive interaction of airports in the Greater Bay Area. To support the
construction of the Three-Runway System at the Hong Kong International Airport as well as the
reconstruction and expansion of Macao’s airport, carry out reconstruction and expansion works at the
airports in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc., commence a preliminary study for the construction of a new airport
in Guangzhou, and study the development of a batch of feeder airports and general aviation airports. To
further expand the Greater Bay Area’s domestic and international aviation networks, and proactively take
forward inter-modal code sharing service. Hong Kong’s strengths in financial and logistics services, and
develop high value-added freight, aircraft leasing and aviation financing services To support Macao’s airport
in developing regional business aircraft services. To strengthen airspace coordination and air traffic
management collaboration, optimize airspace structure, enhance the efficiency of the utilization of airspace
resources, and enhance air traffic management capacity. To deepen management reform in low-altitude
airspace, expedite the development of general aviation, steadily develop cross-boundary helicopter services,
and set up general aviation demonstration zones in Shenzhen and Zhuhai. To proceed with the setting up of