Webinar Series: China's Greater Bay Area – Challenges and Opportunities for You and Your Business

Webinar Series: China's Greater Bay Area ("GBA") – Challenges and Opportunities for You and Your Business: Financial Connectivity, Flow of Funds and Regulations on Foreign-Direct Investment in the GBA

The GBA is a key strategic component of China’s national development blueprint. It aims to promote in-depth cooperation among nine cities in Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao, with the aim to develop a world–class city cluster by way of reforms, innovation and opening-up. The size, economic potential and interconnectivity of the GBA will create unprecedented opportunities for a wide range for businesses. Nevertheless, despite the significant business opportunities, the GBA also faces challenges and uncertainties.

In this 4^th webinar series, our team of legal experts will discuss the issues including:

• an overview on regulatory environment for foreign direct investments and the role Hong Kong plays as a platform to facilitate inbound and outbound investments;
• recent relaxation of rules and incentives for foreign companies to invest into the Mainland China and the GBA; and
• Foreign-Invested Electronic Payment Services, initiatives to facilitate connectivity between Hong Kong and GBA - The GBA Wealth Management Pilot Scheme (upcoming) and Insurance Connect.

The presentation will conclude with a Q&A session.

In our 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd webinar series, we discussed how local and international data and cyber laws will affect cross-border businesses in the GBA; the issues in relation to the geopolitical landscape between China and U.S.; the impact of COVID-19 on contractual claims; and various modes of dispute resolution in the GBA, particularly the changing face of the arbitration landscape in the region.