Petrina Tam, Convenor of the GBA Working Group, along with a number of fellow group members, met with representatives from the Guangzhou Tax Bureau on 11 November to discuss the business opportunities in the Greater Bay Area and related Chinese industry and tax issues.

The GBA has been leading the way, with innovations flourishing across various sectors such as fintech, proptech, biotech and edutech, as well as evolutionary changes in the healthcare and logistics sectors.

At a seminar on 5 November, a panel of experts -- Allen Tak Bun Yeung, President of Greater Bay Area International Information Technology Association, William Gee, Partner of PwC Mainland China & Hong Kong, Peter Mok, Head of Greater Bay Area of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and Charlie Tang, Business Development Director of China Business, Commercial Group, HKT shared the latest business application of technologies in the GBA, and opportunities for further enhancing the connection between Hong Kong and the other GBA cities. They also shared some of the challenges and opportunities of the new tech-driven future that companies are facing.

Rocky Tung, Director, Head (Policy Research), Financial Services Development Council, shared his insights on the progress of financial services cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland, particularly in the Greater Bay Area region, at the GBA Working Group Meeting on 29 September. He also discussed the opportunities and challenges that Hong Kong businesses are facing in the GBA. Christophe Lee, Founder and CEO, Lotus Asset Management, also shared his on-the-ground experience of making use of financial services to expand his business across the GBA.

To support members expand their business in the GBA, Convenor Petrina Tam proposed to set up a GBA Working Group Service Centre with an enquiry hotline to provide consolidated information for members’ reference.

The GoGBA One-Stop Platform from HKTDC is a new business support programme to help Hong Kong companies access the Greater Bay Area. It includes digital information, business tools, advisory services and training as well as access to promotional and networking activities.

HKTDC’s Deputy Executive Director Patrick Lau visited the Chamber on 29 July along with his colleagues Yvonne So, Director, Corporate Communications and Marketing, and Godfrey Chan Digital Marketing Manager (Corporate). They introduced the GoGBA One-Stop Platform as well as its WeChat mini programme to the Chamber’s China Committee Chairman Eric Fok, GBA Working Group Convenor Petrina Tam and General Committee Deputy Chairman Leland Sun.

The Chamber representatives shared their thoughts on the platform and both sides discussed ways to help the Hong Kong business community access the opportunities in the GBA.