Hogn Kong film icon Chow Yun-fat crosses the finish line of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HK Section) Half Marathon 2023 cum 1st East-Asian Half Marathon Championships at Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on Nov 19, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HK Section) Half Marathon 2023, the first major sports event held on the Hong Kong Section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), kicked off on Sunday.

Hong Kong film icon Chow Yun-fat joined other running enthusiasts in the 21-kilometer half marathon on the bridge, which is the world’s longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing and a key infrastructure project in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

China Daily’s Andy Chong took the photos.