More than 15 billion yuan has been earmarked to invest in developing the city’s port and shipping industry, according to the Guangzhou Port Authority
Greater Bay Area
The soon-to-open Wangqingsha Branch Line of the Nansha-Zhongshan Expressway should cut journeys between the two cities down to just 20 minutes
The scheme subsidised seven local groups to organise familiarisation day-trips to Hengqin during the second half of the year
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
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
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’