Strategies of Planning Governance and Collaboration for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

The development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an important part of China’s national strategy in the new era.This paper reviews the process of cross-border planning collaboration in this area,from functional division to institutional coordination.However,this process is still constrained by problems such as having few platforms and channels of collaboration,too much reliance on the provincial government,limited measures of collaboration,and weak coordination on the issues concerning core interests.It argues that the orientation should be building an open collaboration framework with multi-party participation and the specific strategies should include establishing a multi-level and multi-party planning collaboration framework,promoting the planning integration of three metropolitan areas,co-building a unified international quality life circle,promoting the co-building and co-sharing of strategic areas,and exploring diversified measures of planning collaboration.