GBA opens opportunities for Southeast Asian companies
Zhou Li (left), editorial board member of China Daily Group and publisher and editor-in-chief of China Daily Asia Pacific, delivers his opening remarks at a China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable event held during the World Chinese Business and Economic Summit in Macao on Oct 17, 2019. (VENUS O/ CHINA DAILY)
Southeast Asian companies can find plenty of opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area through win-win cooperation with the world-class city cluster, according to panelists attending a roundtable session in Macao on Thursday.
The special session, themed "Greater Bay Area – Connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Southern China, Enhancing Collaboration and Partnership with Southeast Asia," was organized by China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable as part of the 2019 World Chinese Business and Economic Summit being held in Macao on Thursday and Friday.
Wilfred Wong Ying-wai (2nd left), president and chief operating officer of Sands China, shares his views during the special panel in Macao on Oct 17, 2019. (VENUS O/ CHINA DAILY)
It brought together government officials, industry leaders and researchers from Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Australia.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area comprises nine Pearl River Delta cities in Guangdong province and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
China Daily is a media partner of the 2019 World Chinese Business and Economic Summit.
Michael Yeoh, chairman of the World Chinese Business and Economic Summit Organizing Committee and president of the Kingsley Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, delivers his welcoming remarks at a China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable event held during the World Chinese Business and Economic Summit in Macao on Oct 17, 2019. (VENUS O/ CHINA DAILY)
Deborah Biber (3rd left), director of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, moderates the special session in Macao on Oct 17, 2019. During the panel, Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes (1st left), director of Macao Government Tourism Office; Wilfred Wong Ying-wai (2nd left), president and chief operating officer of Sands China; Wang Wanli (center), executive director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Regional Development Research Department at the China Development Institute; Diana Chou (3rd right), chairman of L’Voyage; Oh Ei Sun (2nd right), senior fellow of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs; and Simon Lee (right), managing director of STM Developments, shared their views on opportunities in the Greater Bay Area for Southeast Asian companies. (VENUS O/ CHINA DAILY)