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Going public: Shenzhen plans to build a million more affordable homes

More like Hong Kong or more like Singapore? That’s one of the questions for Shenzhen’s housing bosses, who are mulling new ways to put a lid on the city’s property prices. Shenzhen has a reputation as a boomtown and...

November 1, 2019

Property

Going public: Shenzhen plans to build a million more affordable homes

November 1, 2019

Transport and logistics

The world’s longest bridge needs more business

The first anniversary of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau-Bridge – the world’s longest bridge-and-tunnel crossing – has just passed. Has it been a success? The short answer is that it depends whom you ask. When the 55km link...

November 1, 2019

Transport and logistics

The world’s longest bridge needs more business

November 1, 2019

Retail and e-commerce

How Dongguan hopes to get closer to customers

Dongguan is no stranger to serving overseas markets. But the majority of the goods it makes are sold under someone else’s logo. It hopes that cross-border e-commerce will get its firms closer to consumers. Dongguan’s...

October 28, 2019

Retail and e-commerce

How Dongguan hopes to get closer to customers

October 28, 2019

Banking and finance

Yet another ‘new Nasdaq’? Macau bids for a bourse of its own

Macau hosts millions of punters at its casinos every year. It could soon be reaching out to stock market investors as well, following news that local officials have asked for permission to launch their own stock...

October 16, 2019

Banking and finance

Yet another ‘new Nasdaq’? Macau bids for a bourse of its own

October 16, 2019

Energy and environment

Foshan’s bid for a fuel cell future

A policy address from the Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, in March highlighted hydrogen energy for the first time. The plan is put 5,000 fuel-cell vehicles on the roads by next year, with hopes of selling more than a...

October 15, 2019

Transport and logistics

Making tracks: Guangzhou grows its transport network

As the provincial capital of Guangdong, and with a location at the head of the Pearl River estuary and the heart of the Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou’s focus on becoming a key transport hub makes strong strategic sense...

October 11, 2019

Economy and policy

Learning by numbers: Shenzhen’s bid to grow its graduate base

Talk that two of the world’s leading universities could collaborate in Shenzhen highlights how the city is hoping to address its shortcomings in higher education. An age-old saying in Chinese is that “A good name is...

September 17, 2019

Economy and policy

Learning by numbers: Shenzhen’s bid to grow its graduate base

September 17, 2019

Manufacturing

Zhuhai’s Gree is another runner in the robot race

In the second of this week’s stories on robotics we look at Gree Electric, and how the World Robot Conference was a reminder that the aircon major wants to become a force in industrial automation. Dong Mingzhu...

September 12, 2019

Economy and policy

Introducing Ho Iat-seng, Macau’s new chief executive

Ho Iat-seng was elected as Macau’s new political head by a committee of 400 local representatives at the end of August. What can we expect from his first term in office? Gambling on election results has become big...

September 11, 2019

Economy and policy

Introducing Ho Iat-seng, Macau’s new chief executive

September 11, 2019

Manufacturing

Machine learning: Foshan focuses on the factories of the future

Cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou are trying to race ahead in robot deployments. Nearby Foshan – home to more than seven million people – is accelerating its bid to become the GBA’s automation hub as well. The...

September 10, 2019

Manufacturing

Machine learning: Foshan focuses on the factories of the future

September 10, 2019

Economy and policy

Fertile ground: how outsiders are hoping for a harvest from the GBA

Cities in the Greater Bay Area are revving up to realise the benefits of the world’s newest super-cluster. Places like Meizhou and Yangjiang that didn’t make the cut as participants in the plan want a piece of the...

August 30, 2019

Economy and policy

Fertile ground: how outsiders are hoping for a harvest from the GBA

August 30, 2019

Economy and policy

Shenzhen is still a favourite with foreign investors

Despite headlines about high costs that are persuading companies to leave China for cheaper production bases elsewhere, places like Shenzhen, known for its expensive property prices, are attracting new...

August 20, 2019

Economy and policy

Shenzhen is still a favourite with foreign investors

August 20, 2019

Banking and finance

Banks in Hong Kong look for ways of getting ahead in mortgages and e-wallets

The business sector in Hong Kong has been waiting for more details of the GBA master plan since its initial announcement in February. But there hasn’t been much major progress, particularly in the banking sector. So...

August 20, 2019

Property Tech and innovation

Leading the charge in the GBA: Evergrande joins the electric car race

New partnerships point to why the GBA is set to be a key market for electric car sales. Property developers are revving up for action with a new venture that could bring a step change for charging stations. China wants...

July 31, 2019

Property Tech and innovation

Leading the charge in the GBA: Evergrande joins the electric car race

July 31, 2019

Banking and finance

An Rmb2 billion bond deal is a financial first for Macau

China’s Ministry of Finance sells the first ‘lotus bond’ in Macau in a bid to boost the city’s role as an offshore centre for the yuan. Macau wants to focus on promoting the currency to Portuguese-speaking nations...

July 23, 2019

Tech and innovation

Six of the best: how Shenzhen fared in MIT’s latest ‘smart company’ ranking

Shenzhen has six firms in the latest ‘50 smartest companies’ list from MIT Technology Review, but how does it stack up against China’s other tech hubs? The first time that Huawei was mentioned in MIT Technology Review’s...

July 19, 2019

Tech and innovation

Six of the best: how Shenzhen fared in MIT’s latest ‘smart company’ ranking

July 19, 2019

Tech and innovation

How Dongguan is climbing the ladder of China’s most competitive cities

A cluster of 400 robotics and smart manufacturing companies is taking shape in Dongguan’s Songshan Lake science and technology park, the beating heart of the city’s tech sector. That’s helped Dongguan take a...

July 15, 2019

Energy and environment

Too much of a grey area: the GBA needs to track where its pollution is coming from

Policymakers in the GBA have promised to wage war on pollution and there has been some progress in clearing the air. But smog still weighs heavily on the region’s skies, something that will be harder to remedy without a...

July 12, 2019

Energy and environment

Too much of a grey area: the GBA needs to track where its pollution is coming from

July 12, 2019

GBA basics

Grasp the opportunity in the GBA, says HSBC’s Stuart Tait

What’s the Greater Bay Area and how can I do more business there? That was the basic proposition of HSBC’s GBA Connections conference at the end of June, when 60 clients from 13 countries came to Hong Kong for two days...

July 10, 2019

GBA basics

Grasp the opportunity in the GBA, says HSBC’s Stuart Tait

July 10, 2019

GBA basics

HSBC connects more of the dots at its Greater Bay Area gathering…

HSBC’s GBA Connections event in Hong Kong last month brought together a wide range of clients: the Brief spoke to the CFO of a British-based firm of architects, the head of a family investment office in the Middle East...

July 10, 2019

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