Economic Watch: Greater Bay Area to propel China`s opening-up, quality drive
(WorldNews China)

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- With a master plan unveiled Monday, China has stepped up efforts to develop its southern bay area around the Pearl River Delta into a world-class city cluster that will lead the country`s opening-up and innovation in decades to come. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region and nine cities in Guangdong Province, including Guangzhou and Shenzhen. As a highly open and vibrant region in China, the bay area accounts for less than 5 percent of the country`s total population but contributes around 12 percent of the national GDP. The outline development plan,...