The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has a GDP of more than 2 trillion USD which is larger than most countries in the world and it keeps growing.

"My first visit to China was in 1995. My last one was just before the beginning of the COVID in November 2019. I see unbelievable transformation." Israeli Entrepreneur and Investor Dr. Yossi Vardi gave a high compliment to the development in China in an interview with GDToday during the Bridges Global Chats held earlier in December.

“When we promote the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to the international audience, talking about the 86 million people and its 2-trillion-RMB annual increase of GDP, all of their eyes are just brightened up,” said David Wong, Head of Greater Bay Area Business Development of Invest Hong Kong, at the recent Bridges Global Chats held by GDToday.

The Linde Group, a leading global industrial gas and engineering company, has announced its signing of a cooperation agreement with ExxonMobil, one of the world's largest energy providers and chemical manufacturers. Under the agreement, Linde will supply nitrogen for ExxonMobil's project at its Gas Hub in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Zone, Huizhou, Guangdong Province.

On December 26, a branch line of Ningbo-Dongguan Expressway connecting Shenyang-Haikou Expressway, is officially open to traffic in Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong.

On December 23, a meeting of the City Alliance for Maritime Silk Road Heritage Conservation and World Heritage (hereinafter "the Alliance") was held in Beihai, Guangxi. The meeting approved the applications of six cities including Hong Kong, Maoming, Foshan, Hangzhou, Wenzhou, and Qinzhou, bringing the total number of member cities to 34.