Shenzhen has pledged to play a bigger role in driving development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by stepping up collaboration in infrastructure and industry with other cities in the region.

Delivering his annual government work report on Monday, Mayor Qin Weizhong said Shenzhen will further implement the regional coordinated development strategy and better leverage its role as a core engine for the Greater Bay Area.

The tech hub will reopen Huanggang Port this year with a cooperative inspection model and contactless Customs clearance promoted, he said.

The southern boomtown will also step up collaboration with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by taking advantage of cooperative platforms like Qianhai and Hetao.

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To enhance the Greater Bay Area’s edges in innovation and manufacturing, Shenzhen will work with Dongguan and Huizhou to build globally-advanced manufacturing clusters and strengthen ties between the two innovation hubs of Shenzhen's Guangming and Dongguan's Songshan Lake.

Shenzhen achieved remarkable economic development during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25). Its economic size rose from 2.83 trillion yuan ($408.37 billion) in 2020 to 3.87 trillion yuan last year, with an average annual growth of 5.5 percent -- the fastest among China’s first-tier cities.

The city has set a target of expanding its economic scale to five trillion yuan over the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period.

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