The Hengqin Smart Shuttle Bus, which primarily services people working in Hengqin, has officially launched with an opening ceremony held at Hengqin Creative Valley.

The Zhuhai government has launched its new Talent Program, which will see it invest more than RMB2.5 billion annually over the next five years to bring talented people to work and live in the city.

Over the last year the Hengqin government has experimented with “Citizen Governance” – a new concept of city management – and launched a related mobile app named “Hengqin Butler”. It has been a success and is expected to expand into a new concept called “Property City”, according to the Administrative Committee of Hengqin New Area. 

According to Hengqin New District Administrative Committee, Hengqin Station will open this year, seamlessly linking the city with Macau Light Rail once the latter begins operations in 2019.

Over 1,300 delegates from 52 countries including many leaders within football gathered in Hengqin Shizimen CBD on 17 and 18 April for Soccerex China 2018, discussing the future trends and business opportunities of the football industry.

Macau Chief Executive Office Chui Sai On met with CPC Zhuhai Municipal Committee Secretary Guo Yonghang and Zhuhai Mayor Yao Yisheng on 4 April to exchange views on further deepening Zhuhai-Macau co-operation and the strengthening of ties in areas such as finance via Hengqin.

The one-way fare to ride the shuttle bus between Zhuhai and Hong Kong will be set at HK$80 (US$12.70) according to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Shuttle Bus (Guangdong) Co Ltd.

Following on from the Hengqin No.1 and No.2 bus lines that began operations in 2017, the commuter shuttle bus has added 10 more lines starting from 2 April 2018.

Hengqin is not just an island adjacent to Macau, it is also the third New Area of China’s national strategic “high ground” after Shanghai Pudong and Tianjin Binhai. It is also a Free Trade Zone.