PwC’s Report on cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: To develop new growth potential in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao GBA: Dongguan

Nov 2019

The construction of the Shenzhen Pioneering Demonstration Zone and the construction of the Dongguan Reform and Innovation Experimental Zone, Dongguan’s urban development will face a major historical opportunity brought by the development of the GBA, and it will enter a new stage. The city is expected to join the ranks of the “Trillion Club”, an association of cities that boast a combined GDP of more than a trillion within the next three years and to move toward becoming a “megacity” in the next ten years as planned. This will raise its strategic position not only in the GBA, but also from a national perspective. This report looks into Dongguan’s economic growth and the new blueprint for its urban development, and it serves as an useful reference and learning resources for policy makers, enterprises and investors.