Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing will be built into important and competitive node cities with complementary functions, while retaining their own distinctive characteristics in the Greater Bay Area. To achieve this aim, they will give full play to their own advantages, reform and innovation in all areas will be deepened, and their comprehensive strength will be reinforced.
The interaction and cooperation between node cities and key cities will be intensified. These node cities will also drive the development of surrounding characteristic towns, in order to improve the development quality of the city cluster.
Key words for these node cities:
Zhuhai
Demonstration zone for in-depth cooperation: Hengqin of Zhuhai
Deepening cooperation between Macao and Zhuhai
Establishing Pearl River West Bank Advanced Equipment Manufacturing Industry Belt and Zhuhai General Aviation Industrial Demonstration Zone
Building Macao-Zhuhai Cross-Border Financial Cooperation Demonstration Zone
Developing financial service sector
Building employment and entrepreneurship pilot zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai, targeting talents and firms from Hong Hong and Macao
Foshan
Nanhai in Foshan will be supported to promote Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao advanced service cooperation through sharing economic indicators such as market interconnections, talent information and technologies.
Deepening cooperation with Guangzhou
Establishing Pearl River West Bank Advanced Equipment Manufacturing Industry Belt
Developing as a pilot zone for the transformation and upgrading of traditional manufacturing industry
Supporting offshore trade cooperation with Hong Kong
Huizhou
Promoting Huizhou Zhongkai Hong Kong and Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Base
Developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao green agro-products production base in Huizhou with a focus on food safety
Exploring the launch of a Hong Kong-Shenzhen-Huizhou-Shantou maritime tourism route