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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.

Guangdong has issued the "Work Plan for Promoting Financial Services to Support the Building of a Strong Technology Province," aiming to establish a financial support system covering the entire technology innovation chain. The plan designates the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the core region, focusing on its leading industries. By deepening the QFLP pilot and supporting listings in Hong Kong, it strengthens cross-border financial connectivity, injecting key financial momentum into building the Greater Bay Area into an international innovation hub.

Guangdong has released its "15th Five-Year Plan" proposals, focusing on building the Greater Bay Area into an international innovation hub. Hong Kong businesses should leverage their strengths, integrate with the region's industrial chains, and explore opportunities in sectors like new energy and AI, as well as in key zones such as Nansha and Hetao.

The 2026 National Fiscal Work Conference has reaffirmed the continuation of an active fiscal policy, with a focus on expanding domestic demand, scientific innovation, and green development. This points the way for Hong Kong businesses seeking opportunities in the Greater Bay Area: seize the policy dividends, integrate their own R&D capabilities and international experience with the mainland’s industrial chains and market potential, and grasp opportunities particularly in nationally supported fields such as intelligent manufacturing and the digital economy.

On December 18, 2025, the Financial Development Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin officially issued the "Support Measures for Promoting High-Quality Development of the Financial Industry in the Zone." This policy aims to leverage the synergistic advantages of "Macao + Hengqin" by providing comprehensive financial support across multiple dimensions, including institutional establishment, business enhancement, cross-border cooperation, and other financial areas, to drive the agglomeration and innovative development of the financial industry in the Cooperation Zone.

The Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial People's Congress has implemented a decision to promote high-quality development in the nine mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area. It focuses on integrated mechanisms, cross-regional cooperation, world-class infrastructure, and deeper market alignment with Hong Kong and Macao.

The “Hong Kong Professional Services Platform” links mainland manufacturers with the city’s top-tier professional services, delivering compliance and capital support for overseas expansion. This initiative refines the Greater Bay Area’s “front shop, back factory” model by embedding professional services as a core component of regional synergy.

Guangdong is building a systemic sci-tech finance framework to power Greater Bay Area innovation. Key measures include Dongguan’s integrated "investment-loan-guarantee" model, Shenzhen’s "tech board" bond market, and cross-border pilots like "KeeLink," together providing full-cycle and cross-border funding channels.

The General Office of the State Council has issued an Implementation Opinion to accelerate the development and large-scale application of new scenarios. It focuses on creating application scenarios in digital economy and AI to drive industrial upgrading and public service innovation, providing support for new quality productive forces and high-quality socio-economic development.

The Guangdong Province Action Plan for Financial Support to Enterprises in Industrial Chain Integration and Mergers aims to strengthen financial empowerment, assisting enterprises in the Greater Bay Area in enhancing industrial chain competitiveness and building a modern industrial system through market‑driven mergers and integration. Jointly issued by multiple departments including the Provincial Local Financial Regulatory Bureau, the plan focuses on expanding financing channels and improving policy coordination to promote high‑quality development of industrial clusters.

Guangdong pioneers cross-border allocation of provincial research funds, directing over 6 billion yuan to Hong Kong and Macao. Through initiatives like streamlined customs, expedited commutes via the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, and shared facilities, the province is accelerating innovation flow. With 35 joint laboratories established, the Greater Bay Area is advancing as a global science and technology hub.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development has accelerated Macao-Hengqin integration, leveraging industrial synergy and infrastructure connectivity to diversify Macao's economy and strengthen regional cooperation.

Guangdong has launched the "Pension Finance High-Quality Development Implementation Plan," focusing on cross-border financial cooperation and expanding the Wealth Management Connect to build an integrated pension finance system in the Greater Bay Area.

To further facilitate cross-border trade payments, the National Foreign Exchange Administration (SAFE) will expand the scope of its high-level cross-border trade openness pilot program to include more regions. The initiative will also broaden the range of transactions eligible for netting settlement, covering trade payments and related service fees, thereby reducing overall capital settlement costs.

On November 7, to accelerate the cultivation and opening of scenarios and to promote the large-scale application of new scenarios, the State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Opening of Scenarios to Promote Large-Scale Application of New Scenarios" (State Council Document [2025] No. 37), which outlines multiple categories of key economic and social application scenarios.