The 2023 Overseas Chinese Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Conference opened at the Guangdong Zhuxi International Convention & Exhibition Center in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province on May 17. Among over 700 attendees were overseas Chinese businessmen and friends from 90 countries and regions across the world, other overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, as well as more than 40 overseas Chinese of Zhongshan origin from the US, Norway, Portugal, Canada, and etc.

The conference includes online and offline activities, with the main offline venue in Jiangmen and the 12 online sub-venues in 11 countries and regions including Malaysia, Thailand and the UK.

At the conference, the organizer engaged a number of overseas Chinese advisors for the high-quality development of Guangdong, and such projects as the "Green Guangdong Delivery of Seedlings" donation, overseas Chinese education and legal cooperation involving overseas Chinese were signed.

The event also featured a promotion meeting of GBA cities, speeches by outstanding overseas Chinese, and four parallel sessions with the theme of Overseas Chinese Group Building, Overseas Chinese Youth Development, Chinese Language Education and Chinese Media, respectively.

On the sidelines of the conference, overseas Chinese guests would visit GBA cities in three groups. On May 18, they will visit the virtual exhibition center of Cuiheng New District, construction site of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge, the Museum of Dr Sun Yat-sen and Zhongshan Hot Spring Resort in Zhongshan.