The scheme subsidised seven local groups to organise familiarisation day-trips to Hengqin during the second half of the year
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That’s three fewer than last year’s tally and the GBA’s highest ranked company, Ping An Insurance, dropped 20 places
Other shops in the Hengqin housing complex being fitted out for August openings include a hair salon and supermarket
Macao, meanwhile, recorded a high of 37.6 degrees Celsius
Overall, China’s most productive province grew its gross domestic product by 3.9 percent in the first half of the year, when compared with the same period last year
Menezes Cordeiro ended her three-year tenure by becoming the first European woman to swim between Hainan island and Guangdong, taking on a notorious strait known as ‘Everest of the Seas’
The mainland island’s close ties to Macao helped fuel a strong economic performance, with the number of MSAR-backed businesses based there rising fast
The province’s government plans to issue up to 2.5 billion yuan’s worth of offshore yuan-denominated bonds in Macao, and twice that amount in Hong Kong
A 144-hour visa-free transit policy and easier payment options are just some of the measures the province is using to lure overseas visitors