The “GDPU-HKU Innovation Platform” settled in National Health Technology Park in Zhongshan last month and is currently under the planning stage. 

The introduction of high-end elements will become the driving power of Zhongshan’s industrial innovation and commercialization of research outputs. According to local commercial authorities, the development of “Greater Bay Area” will highlight Zhongshan’s geographic advantages in Pearl River Delta, leading to increasing investment confidence of overseas investors' and high-end elements towards Zhongshan city.

Statistics show that by the end of July this year, Zhongshan added 464 overseas-funded enterprises, more than the total number of last year. In the first half of the year, Zhongshan added 382 overseas-funded enterprises, up to 70% were contributed by Hong Kong and Macao capital.

Unios Lighting, newly-registered in Zhongshan in May, is solely-invested by Hong Kong/Macao legal person. The company is specialized in research, development, production and sales of electric lighting products and fittings and import and export of relevant goods and technologies. Yang Zhicheng, legal representative of Unios Lighting, the complete industrial chain and solid foundation of lighting industry in Guzhen, the national lighting industrial base, in addition to the construction of Shenzhen-Zhongshan Channel and the development of the “Greater Bay Area”, had boosted investor confidence towards Zhongshan .

By the end of June this year, Zhongshan has 4,376 overseas-funded enterprises in total. A 2.3 thousand of them were directly invested by Hong Kong capital, with total investment of $16bn. These companies are mainly engaged with manufacturing industry, real estate, wholesale and retail sale, power and heat production sector and supply industry.