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According to the Guangdong Sub-Administration of the General Administration of Customs, Guangdong's total foreign trade reached a historic high of 9.49 trillion yuan in 2025, up 4.4%, accounting for 20.9% of the national total. It has led China for 40 consecutive years, contributing 24.1% to the national growth. Exports rose 2.5% to 6.03 trillion yuan, while imports grew 7.8% to 3.46 trillion yuan.

Guangdong's 2026 special fund for the new-generation IT industry targets the electronics sector, strongly supporting Greater Bay Area manufacturing. This offers clear policy benefits for Hong Kong entrepreneurs returning to the region, enabling them to tap into digital economy opportunities and integrate into the innovation ecosystem through funding and industry collaboration.

In 2025, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge handled over RMB 325.8 billion in foreign trade, with its efficient logistics and improved connectivity providing vital support. This offers Hong Kong entrepreneurs a competitive edge in cross-border e-commerce, high-tech, and supply chain management in the Greater Bay Area.

The launch of Hong Kong's permanent Government Chinese Medicine Testing Centre marks a push for an internationally recognized standardization and research system, providing a premier platform for Hong Kong businesses in the Greater Bay Area to engage in R&D, testing, and global commercialization of traditional Chinese medicine.

With its substantial financial resources and steady credit growth, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area provides ample liquidity and continuously optimizes funding allocation towards tech innovation, green transition, and inclusive finance, creating an adaptable financing environment and strategic opportunities for Hong Kong businesses expanding in the region.

The 2026 Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme is now open year-round. Eligible companies with cross-border operations can hire Hong Kong graduates (bachelor's degree minimum salary: HKD 18,000) for mainland postings, receiving up to HKD 12,000/month in wage subsidies for up to 18 months, and can also hire an equal number of mainland youth for Hong Kong roles, fostering talent exchange.

On January 13, Hong Kong and the National Health Commission signed two major agreements to advance traditional Chinese medicine development and cancer prevention cooperation in the Greater Bay Area, aligning with Hong Kong's TCM development blueprint and deepening national collaboration in cancer control.

The Ministry of Commerce has issued the 2026 Catalog of Goods Subject to Export License Administration, covering 43 categories. Hong Kong businesses exporting these goods from the Greater Bay Area must comply with quota management (e.g., for agricultural products to Hong Kong and Macao) and procedures like the "single-use license" system, and may apply for licenses through authorized local commerce departments (e.g., in Guangzhou).

Hengqin Cooperation Zone’s new financial support policy offers Hong Kong businesses incentives for setting up operations, cross-border services, fintech, and office space, while encouraging Macao collaboration and support for innovative firms—a key opportunity to expand and benefit from financial innovation dividends.

In 2025, the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area recorded a foreign trade volume of 9.15 trillion yuan, up 4.7% year-on-year, creating a broad platform. The region handles nearly half of the country's tablet computer exports and over 80% of 3D printer exports, with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Port also seeing rapid growth in import-export value. This provides Hong Kong businesses with a mature trade ecosystem, logistics advantages, and significant market opportunities for entrepreneurship in the Greater Bay Area.

The "Funding Scheme for Promoting Industrial Development and Technological Innovation" will accept applications from January 1 to 21, 2026. It provides grants to Macau enterprises and institutions for tech innovation and industrial projects, supporting local industrial upgrading and integration into the Greater Bay Area.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is cultivating new quality productive forces through integrated "land, sea, and air" innovation. By strategically advancing fields such as AI, RISC-V chips, marine technology, and the low-altitude economy, backed by long-term patient capital, it is building a globally influential international science and technology innovation center.

Recently, the National Venture Capital Guiding Fund was officially launched, with one of its first three regional funds established in the Greater Bay Area. Focused on “patient capital” for hard tech—such as integrated circuits and AI—it targets seed and early-stage startups, fostering new quality productive forces to advance regional innovation.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Water Technology Innovation Centre was inaugurated to address regional water security through tripartite collaboration and technologies like AI. It offers Hong Kong businesses opportunities to integrate IoT and big data expertise with mainland smart-water markets for industrial application.

The national Venture Capital Guiding Fund has been launched, with its sub-fund, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Venture Capital Guiding Fund, established in Shenzhen. The fund, with a target scale exceeding RMB 50 billion and a lifespan of 20 years, aims to provide patient capital to support early-stage and startup companies in hard-tech sectors such as integrated circuits and artificial intelligence, injecting key financial momentum into building the Greater Bay Area into an international science and technology innovation hub.