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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.

"Bay Area Certification" is a quality initiative by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, enabling products/services to be certified once and recognized across all three regions. By the end of 2025, 308 certificates had been issued, boosting quality, industrial upgrading, and consumer confidence in the Greater Bay Area.

According to reports, the Greater Bay Area leads China in multiple digital economy indicators. It aims to establish three trillion-level digital industry clusters and become a globally leading digital bay area by 2030.

Hong Kong is actively promoting the modernization and internationalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), leveraging the "one country, two systems" principle and its global platform advantages. With the launch of the first TCM Development Blueprint and the inauguration of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Hospital, efforts focus on research translation, clinical practice, and international standard-setting to help businesses expand overseas and establish Hong Kong as a gateway for TCM to the world.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Jiangmen advanced Greater Bay Area integration by enabling cross-border credit recognition, government service accessibility, and participation in "Bay Area Standards" and certification. Initiatives like the International Arbitration Center aim to align with Hong Kong and Macao’s business environment, facilitating innovation cooperation and resource flow.

The first western cross-river pedestrian bridge connecting the Hong Kong and Shenzhen areas of the Hetao Innovation and Technology Park will be constructed, featuring a whitelist system for personnel to pass via facial recognition. The park will also enact exclusive laws to prevent sample leakage and has allocated funds for a sample storage freezer.

China's first national-level technical and trade measures research and evaluation base for the pop toy industry has been established in Dongguan, Guangdong, marking a new phase in addressing international technical barriers. Jointly built by entities including the General Administration of Customs and Huangpu Customs, the base features a "Customs-Government-Enterprise" mechanism, providing services such as information collection and risk warning. Dongguan is home to over 8,000 toy companies, exporting toys worth RMB 21.49 billion from January to November 2025. A dedicated pop toy technical and trade service station was set up in August 2025, and China's first pop toy industry association standard has been released.

According to the Greater Bay Area Standardization Research Center, five new "Greater Bay Area Standards" have been officially added to the common implementation list. Covering modern services and key industrial technologies—such as the General Specification for Engineering Competency Assessment and the Parking Service Specification—these standards aim to enhance operational consistency and integration across the region.