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The Greater Pearl River Delta
Regional Guides
By leveraging its proximity to the special administrative regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) became the ?Greater PRD? ? China?s manufacturing heart and a region connected not only through financial ties but through a web of government initiatives to encourage its integration, including Closer Economic Partnership Arrangements and massive infrastructure developments such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge.
Having risen to prominence around the pillar cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, today, the Greater PRD is the home of high-tech in China: while Hong Kong is the regional management center for many high-technology firms, Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Guangzhou are being joined by Zhuhai and Huizhou as centers for manufacturing of high technology goods.
Despite the increasing amount of manufacturing heading to other countries, the PRD region is reinventing itself and remains the first choice for many investors. Approximately 75 percent of the foreign-invested companies based in the PRD region have a primary business focus of providing goods or services to the Chinese market, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in South China?s annual Special Report on the State of Business in South China (2011).
The Greater Pearl River Delta is usually defined to include nine cities in Guangdong province plus the Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau. In this regional guide, we also include the neighboring Fujian, Guangxi and Hainan provinces.
Contents:
1. Setting the Scene
The China Picture
The PRD in Perspective
2. Provinces and cities of the PRD
GUANGDONG PROVINCE
Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Zhuhai
FUJIAN PROVINCE
Fuzhou, Xiamen
GUANGXI PROVINCE
Nanning
HAINAN PROVINCE
Haikou
Hong Kong
Macau
3. Establishing Business
Setting up in China
Business Taxes
Development Zones
Appendix, Directory, References
Published by: Asia Briefing Ltd
