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This conference is the fifth consecutive year that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have jointly organized the conference. A total of 5,718 projects were signed in the first four conferences, with a total amount exceeding 9 trillion yuan, and the overall project operation rate exceeded 90%.
China News Service, Guangzhou, November 3 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Global Investment Conference was held in Guangzhou on the 3rd. This conference reached a number of investment and trade cooperation projects, and announced 42 representative major investment projects on site, with an investment amount of 197.4 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
Many investment projects involve areas such as artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, robots, smart manufacturing, and computing power data, including the Guangzhou Yuexin Phase IV project, the Foshan Jiya Precision Robot Core Precision Components Green Intelligent Base Project, and the Daxin Intelligent Valley (Shantou) Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park Construction Project, etc.
The "Invest in Guangdong·AI Investment Promotion Application Model" was released at the conference. Investors at home and abroad can communicate with the model to accurately match investment needs and improve the efficiency of industrial project docking.
A group of multinational company representatives attended the meeting and expressed their confidence in taking root in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and deeply exploring the Chinese market. Ma Chengke, senior vice president of BASF, told China News Service that BASF's Zhanjiang integrated base has become BASF's third largest integrated production base in the world, producing a wide range of basic chemicals, intermediates and specialty chemicals to serve customers in the Chinese and Asian markets. The base is applying artificial intelligence and digital technology to supply chain management, base operations, energy management and other fields.
This conference highlights industry undertakings and project docking, organizes enterprises to carry out "Bay Area Tour" investment inspection activities, arranges nine cities in the Pearl River Delta to hold supporting urban investment activities, and organizes a series of industry-specific activities focusing on biomedicine, high-end medical equipment, semiconductor optical communications and other fields.
It is reported that this conference is the fifth consecutive year that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have jointly organized the conference to seize the opportunity of APEC's "Year of China" and set a stage for investment and cooperation between domestic and overseas enterprises. A total of 5,718 projects were signed in the first four conferences, with a total amount exceeding 9 trillion yuan, and the overall project operation rate exceeded 90%. (over)
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The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will continue to attract investment from multinational companies, and related industrial projects will be accelerated.
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