Major Social and Economic Indicators (2023)

Area	1 725km2
Population	2 494 100
Gross domestic product (GDP)	RMB423.3 billion
GDP per capita	RMB170,000
Value of total merchandise trade	RMB296.23 billion
Value of export	RMB202.235 billion
Value of import	RMB93.995 billion
Industrial structure (% of GDP)	Primary industry (agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery): 1.7% of GDP Secondary Industry (industrial and construction): 44.2% of GDP Tertiary industry (service industry): 54.1% of GDP
Port Cargo Throughput	119 million tons
Passenger Throughput	Visitors received from outside of the Mainland: 3.8984 million passenger trips Zhuhai Jinwan International Airport: 11.4573 million passenger trips

Note: the above figures are based on the Statistical Communiqué of Zhuhai on the 2023 National Economic and Social Development

• Zhuhai is located at the south-central part of Guangdong Province and at the confluence of the Pearl River and South China Sea, adjoining Zhongshan on its north and Macao on its south. Since its establishment as a special economic zone in 1980, Zhuhai has achieved constant rapid economic development particularly on industrial production. The six basic industries of Zhuhai are electronic information, home appliances, electricity and energy, biopharmaceuticals and medical devices, petrochemicals and precision machinery; while printing supplies and yacht manufacturing are the other two special industries.
• Zhuhai has convenient land, sea and air transport. Zhuhai Port is one of the main coastal ports of the country and is one of the five major ports in Guangdong Province.

Major Development Areas

• National level: Zhuhai Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhuhai High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhuhai Bonded Zone, and Zhuhai-Macao Cross-border Industrial Zone
• Provincial level: Zhuhai Fushan Industrial Park, and Zhuhai Jinwan Liangang Industrial Park
• The State Council approved the implementation of the Overall Development Plan for Hengqin on 14 August 2009. According to the Plan, Hengqin Island (an area of 106.5 square kilometres) was incorporated into the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, and would be built into a demonstration area for exploration of new model of "Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" cooperation under "one country, two systems". Hengqin focuses on the development of four industries, namely business services, leisure entertainment and tourism, science, education, research and development, as well as high-tech industries.
• In June 2019, the Zhuhai Human Resources & Social Security Bureau implemented five major initiatives in the areas of employment, social security, talents and public services to take forward the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The "Implementation Measures for Enterprises providing housing (rental and living) subsidies for newly introduced mid-level to senior professional and technical talents, highly-skilled talents and youth talents in Zhuhai" was published in the same month. Hong Kong and Macao youth talents with undergraduate degrees or above and fulfil the stated requirements, who work and make social security contributions or have made individual income tax payments in Zhuhai, may apply for housing subsidy. The Measures are valid for five years.
• There are a number of preferential policies for Hong Kong people and enterprises in Hengqin, including rebate on the amount of income tax paid in excess of 15% for Hong Kong residents, and imposition of enterprise income tax at a discounted rate of 15% for eligible Hong Kong enterprises. Many Hong Kong enterprises have set up business in Hengqin. As at July 2021, there were 2 007 Hong Kong-invested enterprises registered in Hengqin, mainly belonging to cultural and creative industries and tourism in which Hong Kong enjoys advantages.

Economic and Trade Relations Between Zhuhai and Hong Kong

• In 2023, the total export to Hong Kong was RMB26.08 billion, accounting for 12.9% of the city's overall.
• In 2020, the number of new direct investment projects from Hong Kong in Zhuhai was 662; and the realised direct investment from Hong Kong was US$733 million.
• As of the end of 2019, the number of approved Hong Kong-invested enterprises in Zhuhai reached 9 634 (accounting for 47.6% of the city's overall). The contracted direct investment from Hong Kong reached US$37.9 billion (accounting for 49.4% of the city's overall) and the realised direct investment from Hong Kong was US$14.08 billion (accounting for 42.7% of the city's overall).
• The Central Government promulgated on 5 September 2021 the Plan for the Development of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin (Hengqin Plan). Since the commissioning of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai have become much closer to each other, giving rise to favourable conditions for Hong Kong's participation in the development of Hengqin. With the support of the Central Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government, the Airport Authority Hong Kong is pursuing closer co-operation between the airports of Hong Kong and Zhuhai to enhance their air cargo and logistics capabilities, which will also contribute to the development of industries in Hengqin.

Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship Bases

• The Inno Valley HQ was established in 2015. Through creating a three-dimensional incubation model comprising "space and platforms (makerspaces + incubators + accelerators), entrepreneurial ecosystem (capital + venture projects + incubation service + innovation and collaboration resources) and operation mechanism (sharing + mutual support + community)", it promotes the efficient flow of factors of innovation and entrepreneurship. It provides entrepreneurs with support on technical development, commercialisation, entrepreneurship training, investment and financing, etc., with the aim to achieving organic integration of talents, techniques, capital and markets. As at 30 June 2020, there were 433 incubator projects, of which 244 projects were from Hong Kong and Macao, 99 high-level talents were referred, 48 High and New Technology Enterprises were nurtured, 30 enterprises awarded capital that the funds raised exceeded RMB503 million.
• A Zhuhai entrepreneruship base for Hong Kong and Macao youths was established in Nanfenghui, Pazhou in May 2019 to provide support services in entrepreneurship, internship, exchanges, living, etc. to Hong Kong and Macao youths.

For Zhuhai's key measures on taking forward the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, please refer to the webpage of Work Report of Zhuhai Municipal Government (in Chinese only).