greater bay area

FA at 30: How Hong Kong’s evolving market infrastructure is building out the GBA

Revised listing requirements, rebalanced indices, and expanded cross-border schemes, such as Stock Connect, are reshaping Hong Kong’s financial landscape, and driving the capital flows that are transforming the Greater Bay Area; Christopher Chu reports.

May 12, 2026

Greater Bay Area could benefit from proposed ‘Belt and Road Games'

The games, if they go ahead, potentially in 2027, are expected to bring economic benefits to the Greater Bay Area, including Hong Kong, and countries part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

April 22, 2025

Transition finance opportunity across GBA

Ahead of the institute’s annual forum that is set to take place this week, the HKGFA team shares its view of sustainability opportunity across HK and GBA.

October 03, 2023

Exclusive interview with Micro Connect founder and chair, Charles Li

Charles Li shares Micro Connect’s aspirations to enable one million small businesses to achieve individual annual profits of RMB1 million ($150,000).

March 07, 2023

Shenzhen government issues inaugural dim sum bond

The issuance marks the first time a Chinese municipal government offers offshore renminbi bonds.

October 19, 2021

ICBC’s debut GBA green bond shows regional aspirations

China's largest lender has sold the first green bond dedicated to green development in the Greater Bay Area. Similar bonds are expected in the future.

September 10, 2019

How Greater Bay blueprint could help startups

China this week released its blueprint for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area initiative. We look at how this could encourage the development of more startups.

February 22, 2019

BOC goes global with a $1.83b multi-currency bond

Bank of China taps global interest with its first multi-currency, multi-tranche offshore bond to support the Greater Bay Area.

November 15, 2018

Belt and Road: Why Trump is key to turning on flow of capital

Tepid interest from private investors is holding back China's infrastructure push. Bringing the US in is vital – and one expert believes the commander-in-chief can be won over.

December 04, 2017