A technical staff member interacts with GoMate, a humanoid robot, at GAC R&D Center in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 18, 2025. Leveraging its unique location advantages, strong industrial foundations, and an open and inclusive growth environment, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has in recent years been taking confident strides toward new competitions.
In this area, a series of major technological infrastructures is being rapidly deployed, and high-end scientific research talents are gathering apace. Emerging industries such as drones, new energy vehicles, and biomedicine are booming while a number of internationally competitive innovative enterprises continue to emerge. On the other hand, the institutional innovations have provided solid guarantees for the development of new quality productive forces. As a crucial engine for China's high-quality development, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is using new quality productive forces as a breakthrough point to accelerate its ascent into the league of world-class bay areas through deepened open cooperation. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Technical staff test VR devices at the XVERSE science and technology lab in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
A safety staff member observes as a robotaxi of Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous driving solution provider, steers automatically at a stopping point at the Canton Tower, a landmark in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
An electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, developed by Chinese drone maker EHang, carries out a demo flight at the urban air traffic operation demonstration center in Bao'an District in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, April 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 1, 2025 shows the construction site of a key laboratory cluster project of the Harbin Institute of Technology's Shenzhen campus in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Visitors learn about an educational robot at the exhibiton hall of the tech company UBTECH in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
A staff member introduces a humanoid robot at the tech company DIGIT in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This photo taken in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, shows a mobile app interface displaying credit products exclusive to technology start-ups on April 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
