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Speaker: Michael Enright, University of Hong Kong

China’s Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a landmark in China’s regional development strategy as well as an attempt to foster integration of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions into the rest of the PRC. However, the GBA Plan is just one of several regional integration initiatives that promise to change the economic and potentially the political landscape of China. Professor Michael Enright will assess the overall regional integration strategy and then focus in on the GBA to discuss the potential for the region, the GBA Plan, and the possibility for greater integration within the GBA in the context of China’s plans, US-PRC tensions, and internal challenges in the region.

Professor Michael Enright (AB ’80, MBA ‘ 86, PhD, 91) is a Professor at the University of Hong Kong and a Director of Enright, Scott & Associates consultancy. His works include Creating the Future of the Greater Bay Area (2019), Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment (2017), Australia: From Lucky Country to Competitive Country (2012), China Into the Future: Making Sense of the World’s Most Dynamic Economy (2008), Regional Powerhouse: The Greater Pearl River Delta and the Rise of China (2005), Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: The Economic Interaction (2003), and The Hong Kong Advantage (1997). Before moving to Asia in 1996, Enright spent 6 years on the faculty of the Harvard Business School.

Part of the Critical Issues Confronting China Series