The reporter learned from the Guangdong Province Greater Bay Area Office that in 2023, the total economic output of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area exceeded 14 trillion yuan, creating less than 0.6% of the country's land area and creating 1/9 of the country's total economic output, further enhancing its comprehensive strength. Zhu Wei, Executive Deputy Director of the Guangdong Greater Bay Area Office, said that the total economic output of the Greater Bay Area in 2018 was 10.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.2 trillion yuan in five years. With the deepening implementation of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, especially since 2023, Guangdong has joined hands with Hong Kong and Macao to accelerate the construction of a world-class and the best developed bay area, focusing on the new positioning of "one point, two places". The construction results have been significant. Technological innovation capabilities continue to improve. The construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, a comprehensive national science center, and a high-level talent highland has been comprehensively promoted, and "national treasures" such as Pengcheng Laboratory and Guangzhou Laboratory have been successively laid out. The Greater Bay Area has over 75000 national high-tech enterprises, and a number of technology leaders such as Huawei, Tencent, BYD, Midea, and Gree have emerged. The "Shenzhen Hong Kong Guangzhou" technology cluster has ranked second globally for four consecutive years. Accelerate the improvement of internal and external communication networks. The Greater Bay Area on the track has been further improved, with the completion and operation of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge, and basic one hour access between major cities in the Greater Bay Area. The annual passenger throughput capacity of the Greater Bay Area airport group exceeds 280 million, and the annual container throughput capacity of the port group exceeds 85 million TEUs. The airline network covers major cities and major trading ports around the world. The construction of major cooperation platforms is accelerating. Hengqin was officially closed and put into operation on March 1st this year. Qianhai has introduced the first national investor protection regulation and actively promotes cooperation with Hong Kong in modern service industries such as finance and law; The three major exchanges of futures, shipping, and data have been established in Nansha, and the comprehensive service base for Chinese enterprises to "go global" has been opened for operation; The cooperation in scientific and technological innovation between Hetao, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong is showing good momentum. The level of market integration is gradually improving. A number of landmark projects, such as the Hong Kong Macau Pharmaceutical and Equipment Connect, the Bay Area Social Security Connect, the Cross border Wealth Management Connect, and the Cross border Service Connect, have been implemented. Since the implementation of the policies of "Australian cars heading north" and "Hong Kong cars heading north", the number of Hong Kong and Macao single license plate vehicles entering and exiting the Zhuhai Highway Port via the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge has exceeded 2 million. The three regions have jointly announced 183 "Bay Area Standards" covering areas such as food, traditional Chinese medicine, and elderly care. (Lai Xin She)