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As part of Deng Xiaoping’s 'reform and opening up' policies, China named Shenzhen a special economic zone in 1980. Over the next 40 years, Shenzhen transformed from a rural backwater with a population of 20,000 to China's answer to Silicon Valley. It forms part of the “Greater Bay Area”, so created in 2016 by the Chinese government, which groups nine Guangdong cities with Hong Kong and Macau as an economic hub.
As city continues to benefit from an increasingly close relationship between China and the Middle East, start-ups need to seize opportunities.
Mainland China tax on items bought in city puts people off from visiting and should be amended.
But spending is very much about the future, and how well the city fares at achieving its objective will not be clear for a long time.
Extending the hours at Lo Wu and Shenzhen Bay border crossings run smoothly, boosting mainland visits to Hong Kong and supporting the local economy
- Tang Kai-yin, 34, jailed for 46 months for possession of petrol bombs and perverting course of justice with escape attempt
- Court heard Tang played leading role in manufacture of petrol bombs and also planning and execution of escape attempt
New deep-sea mobile operation can reportedly drill to a depth of 9,085 metres, a record for China as Beijing looks to rely less on imported oil and gas amid rising geopolitical uncertainties.
Flight between Zhongshan and megacity of Shenzhen takes around 45 minutes and costs 40 yuan (US$5.60) per order, according to UAV-maker Phoenix Wings, which is backed by Chinese logistics giant SF Express.
Some have called on seasoned entertainers such as ex-TVB actor and singer Lee Lung-kei to perform at their venues and help fill tables.
Door-to-door cross-border ambulance service not reciprocal at first because of more complex procedures for approval of vehicles, doctors, equipment and medicine from Hong Kong.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam also says many developing countries are eager to get legal training in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong will also host rugby sevens, golf, triathlon, beach volleyball, men’s handball and under-22 men’s basketball.
Hytera is appealing against US sanctions that bar it from selling two-way radio products globally as part of a years-long trade secrets dispute with Lenovo-backed Motorola.
The emergence of technology providers like Firework coincides with a growing ‘direct-to-customer’ trend for Chinese merchants involved in cross-border e-commerce.
Universities from around the globe examine collaborations with research and education institutions in the Greater Bay Area.
Merchants at Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei, the world’s biggest wholesale electronics marketplace, are stockpiling graphics cards ahead of the revised US curbs’ roll-out on April 4.
Hong Kong has been shut out of the rankings in a survey of innovation and concentration of talent in which cities in the Asia-Pacific region took five of the top 10 spots.
Exchange programme with mainland China gives Hong Kong civil servants insights into country’s policy direction, development trends, history and culture.
Gary Ng, senior economist at Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank, says the popularity of the new card may stimulate more cross-border spending.
Post finds new ‘Octopus - China T-Union Card’, which allows for public transport use in 336 mainland cities, has been selling fast at MTR stations and convenience stores.
City’s finance chief and California’s secretary for environmental protection Yana Garcia call for political differences to be put aside at a University of Hong Kong forum.
Created by entrepreneur Marita Cheng, Aubot’s Teleport is a mobile teleconferencing robot designed to offer a more natural social experience.
Singapore continues to outrank Hong Kong – albeit by a single point – as the top financial centre in Asia, according to the latest edition of the semi-annual Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI).
The first two months of 2024 were lucrative for the southern tech hub even as some of its biggest private players and industry champions remain under sanctions imposed by Washington.
In a packed Shanghai itinerary, Cook on Wednesday met Chinese video game developers, a filmmaker and the billionaire founder of BYD.
Readers discuss the need to better integrate the payment systems of the two Chinese cities, and foreigners’ worries about travelling to China.
Tencent is said to have snapped up some of ByteDance’s ditched video gaming projects amid continued industry consolidation.
Fosun Pharma will team up with Shenzhen’s government to raise a 5-billion yuan (US$700 million) healthcare fund to invest in start-ups and innovations in cellular biology, genetics and other fields related to biomedicine.
The US tech giant’s latest initiative shows that it remains committed to boosting capital spending in the world’s largest smartphone market, despite sluggish iPhone sales.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s plans for an information and technology zone at the northern border, the proposed monthly firework displays, crowds on a bus route popular with tourists, and the need for a better strategy to promote the city.
Four hundred hikers from Hong Kong brave the rain to walk Shenzhen’s Kunpeng Trail, in 10th such event hoping to lure trekkers over to try local scenery.
