Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, conducted a research tour in several cities within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) this week.

The five-day tour from Monday focused on supporting the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions in proactively aligning with the national 15th Five-Year Plan, deepening their participation in the development of the Bay Area, and better integrating into and serving the country's overall development strategy.

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Xia visited cities including Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, and Foshan.

During his tour, he was accompanied by Xu Qifang, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, and Zhang Yong, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.