The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has become one of the most economically dynamic regions in China

At 10:00 am today (14th), the 2026 APEC Leaders’ Meeting Week News Center held a special briefing for Chinese and foreign media in Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City. It was introduced at the briefing that after these years of development, the total economic output of the Greater Bay Area will exceed 15 trillion yuan in 2025. With Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen three cities with a GDP exceeding 3 trillion yuan, it has become one of the most economically dynamic regions in China.

In the first three quarters of this year, Guangdong's foreign investment from other APEC members accounted for 80.2% of the province's actual use of foreign investment. Guangdong invested 69.45 billion yuan in other APEC economies, accounting for 68.4% of the province's external investment. The door to the outside world is opening wider and wider. In 2025, Guangdong will invest 551.04 billion yuan in R&D funding, with the R&D investment intensity reaching 3.78%. Guangdong's foreign trade import and export scale in 2025 is 9.48 trillion yuan, ranking first in the country in terms of share, increase, and contribution. It is expected to reach 11 trillion yuan this year. In the first three quarters, imports and exports to other APEC economies were 5.74 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.4%, accounting for 65.9% of the province's total foreign trade value.