Guangdong, HK to deepen comprehensive cooperation

Officials of the Guangdong and Hong Kong governments signed a number of agreements on cooperation in various fields at the 22th Plenary of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference on May 14. According to the joint conference, Guangdong and Hong Kong will strengthen cooperation in five aspects, i.e. taking continuous epidemic prevention and control measures to promote the…

SUSTech enters world top 300 for first time

SHENZHEN-BASED Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) advances 45 places to No. 275 in the 18th edition of QS World University Rankings 2022 released by global higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds. It is the first time SUSTech has entered the world top 300. Another local university, Shenzhen University, ranks in the 601st-650th category. Southern…

Shenzhen targets annual GDP growth rate at 6% for 2021-25

SHENZHEN has set its sights on having its gross domestic product (GDP) grow 6 percent annually between 2021 and 2025 and its total economic volume exceed 4 trillion yuan (US$626.4 billion) by 2025, according to the city’s outline for its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and long-term targets for 2035. The outline, which was released Wednesday,…