Hong Kong and the

Greater Bay Area

SOSC 1400

Instructor:
Jerry Patchell
Why study the GBA?
Why study the GBA?
Impact on Hong Kong?
Impact on you?
Impact on China?
Impact on the world?
Why study the GBA?
Impact on Hong Kong?
Economic integration and prosperity
Competition and cooperation
Social and cultural
Environment
Why study the GBA?
Impact on you?
Cultural roots
Indirect and direct economic effects
Where to work
Where to invest
Where to live
Why study the GBA?
Impact on China?
Economic engine
Institutional innovation
Technological innovation
Social and cultural innovation
Why study the GBA?
Impact on World?
Economic engine
Institutional innovation
Technological innovation
Social and cultural innovation
Model for development and wellbeing
How to study the GBA?
How to study the GBA?

Unique Regional Development

But

Common Regional Development Processes

Three Processes of Agglomeration
External
Economies

Cumulative
Causation

Governance Urbanization
Objectives
Familiarize you with the GBA
Understand the processes of why and how the GBA
evolved, and contemplate its future
Deeper understanding of HK’s position and
interdependence within the GBA
Understand how mega-city regions work and propel
global economy
 Overview: Agglomeration Processes
Culture: creation & transmission; differentiation & cohesiveness

External economies: endogenous-exogenous; clusters;

spatial interaction; regional innovation system

Governance: central coordination; decentralization;

regionalization

Urbanization: rural transformation and migration; land

markets and planning; social disparities and mobilities

Communities, Sustainable dev’t, and GBA Futures

 Course Framework
Teaching Evaluation Readings
Approaches
 Two exams: short  Course textbook
 Lectures
answer and multiple  Supplemental
 Exercises
choice readings on canvas
 Videos  Participation through
 PRS exercises, PRS, etc.
 Small project for
class presentation (5
min.); ppt, video,
Google Earth (or
other medium)
Today
Mnemonics
Guangzhou Automotive
Zhongshan

Work
Hong Kong Port Huawei Dongguan
 Huizhou

Bagua, Lichacun
Zhaoqing
Homes
Macau
Tangwei village, Shipai township, Dongguan
 Football School Guangzhou

Shenzhen

Play
Hong Kong Jiangmen
What do you know about the GBA?
Q. 1 How
long has the
Pearl River
Delta being
around?
a. 3 million years
b. 1 million years
c. 200,000 years
d. 1000 years.
Q.2 In which continent would the GBA
be the largest country by population?
a. Africa
b. Europe
c. North
America
d. Asia
Q. 3 The economy of the GBA is about
the same size as which country?
a. United Kingdom
b. Australia
c. Thailand
d. South Korea
Q. 4 Who is in charge of the GBA?
a. National Government.
b. Provincial Government.
c. City Governments.
d. No one.

Xi Jingping John Lee Qin

Li Xi 李希
习近平 Weizhong
Q. 5 How many of the world’s top ten ports
are in the GBA?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5.
Q.6 How could a wild boar get safely
from HK to Zhaoqing
Zhaoqing
to find a mate?
a. airplane.
b. swim.
c. walk.
d. bus.
 Q. 7 What is the dominant belief system in
the GBA?
a. Communism
b. Capitalism
c. Christianity
d. Confucianism
Q.8 How many cities in the GBA?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
Q. 9 Where does Hong Kong rank among
city population sizes?
a. 2nd
b. 4th
c. 5th
d. 7th
Q. 10 In what city can you most easily
speak Hakka?
a. Zhaoqing
b. Jiangmen
c. Guangzhou
d. Huizhou
Q. 11 What city had the highest per capita
income until covid?
a. Shenzhen
b. Hong Kong
c. Guangzhou
d. Macau
e. Dongguan
f. Foshan
g. Huizhou
h. Zhuhai
i. Zhongshan
Q. 12 Your air conditioner was probably
made in which of these cities?
a. Foshan
b. Huizhou
c. Dongguan
d. Guangzhou
Q. 13 Which is the best city to get a
motorcycle made?
 a. Huizhou
b. Guangzhou
c. Dongguan
d. Jiangmen
Q.14 Which Chinese
leader was born in
the GBA?
Q.15 Where was the map that put China
on the globe made?
a. Guangzhou; b. Hong Kong; c. Zhuhai; d. Zhaoqing
Q. 16 Which city does Daphne come from?
a. Guangzhou b. Zhaoqing

c. Dongguan d. Hong Kong

 Q. 17 Which city makes diapers for China’s
astronauts?
a. Shenzhen
b. Foshan
c. Macau
d. Dongguan