Deals worth 26 billion yuan ($4 billion) were signed Jan 30 for 15 projects in biomedicine, headquarters economy, and modern warehouse logistics in the New Urban Center of Hengqin New Area, the Zhuhai Free Trade Zone, and Hongwan.

They include the headquarters scientific research office and talent base of CRCC Harbor & Channel Engineering Bureau Group, financial headquarters building of Fujia Group, Zhuhai Life Science & Technology Harbor of Ping An of China, and an industrial base of Da An International.

In addition, industrial projects involving new economies, business formats, and technologies will also settle in the integrated zone. Among them, Zhuhai Intelligent Supply Chain Industrial Base of SF Express and Digital Life Industrial Park of iCarbonX will enter the second phase of the Zhuhai FTZ and form an emerging industry cluster in Hongwan.

Rendering of SF Intelligent Supply Chain Industrial Base [Photo courtesy Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee]

The Zhuhai Municipal Party Committee and People's Government proposed the integrated development of Hengqin New Area, the Zhuhai FTZ, and Hongwan as a New Urban Center in October 2017. This was done in the context of development opportunities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Economic Zone.

Nine key projects came under construction and 18 major ones contracted for settlement in the integrated zone on Dec 26, 2017. Since last July, 46 lots for integrated industrial development have been created in a reclaimed area of 1.6 sqkm (395 acres).  

Meanwhile, a Three Horizontal & Five Vertical skeleton road network has taken shape, and talent housing is being prepared. Kindergartens, and FTZ Number 1 and Shizimen primary schools will open this fall, while planning and construction of medical, culture and art, and community service centers progress.