Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), speaks at the opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. At Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor speaks at the opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Zhou Shuchun, Standing Committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily, speaks via video link at the opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. At Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

Guests watch a video featuring select footage from President Xi Jinping's speech delivered on Oct 14, 2020, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. During the opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

Leung Chun-ying (fifth from left, front row), vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (sixth from left, front row) with guests at the opening ceremony of Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. At Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

Clemente Contestabile, consul-general of Italy in Hong Kong, reads China Daily's GBA Focus supplement during Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward Co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. At Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (center) with Zhou Li (left), deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific and Joseph Chan Nap-kee, chairman of Silk Road Economic Development Research Center at Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center, on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

(From left), Joseph Chan Nap-kee, chairman, Silk Road Economic Development Research Center, Prof Edward Chen Kwan-yiu, chairman, HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education; Prof KC Chan, chairman, WeLab Bank; senior advisor, WeLab; Prof Witman Hung, principal liaison officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority and the Hong Kong Deputy to 13th National People’s Congress; Steve Chuang, deputy chairman, Federation of Hong Kong Industries; Allan Zeman, chairman, Lan Kwai Fong Group, Zhou Li,  deputy editor-in-chief of China Daily and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific after the third panel discussion on the theme "Will Hong Kong Change Its Role in the Greater Bay Area" at Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center, on Nov 18, 2020. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Tan Tieniu (center), deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrives at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020 for Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center.  (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)

Eminent Hong Kong businesswoman Annie Wu (center) and other guests arrive to attend Greater Bay Area Conference - GBA: The Way Forward co-organized by China Daily and the Silk Road Economic Development Research Center. At Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on Nov 18, 2020. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY)