Pony Ma, chairman and CEO of Tencent Chinese internet tycoon Pony Ma proposed building a development bank and a university for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area on the sidelines of the ongoing annual two sessions in Beijing on Sunday. Ma, Tencent's chairman and CEO, as well as a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, raised the idea that a Greater Bay Area development bank, if possible featuring fintech, the technology used to support financial products or services, would greatly facilitate convenience and industrial upgrading among cities within the area.
Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng (C), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, presides over a meeting on the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng on Friday urged efforts to promote the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Train attendants hold a board to mark the opening of the Guangzhou-Hong Kong high-speed railway at Shenzhen North Railway Station on Sept 23, 2018. (Photo/Xinhua) China is committed to developing an international innovation and technology hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which will serve as a leading force for national innovative development, the country's top economic regulator said.
