Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development plan

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge promotes the development of the Greater Bay Area. [Photo by Wang Shanglin/For China Daily]

The outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Feb 18.

The bay area consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), as well as nine cities in Guangdong province -- Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.