15th Natl Games to fast-track Greater Bay Area integration

Tourism, ties between mainland and Hong Kong, Macao also set to get a boost

Underlined by new practices in running cross-border events and measures to promote sports tourism collectively, organizers of the 15th National Games expect to leverage the sporting spectacle's impact to further boost integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The event will be held from Nov 9 to 21.

With 419 medal events of 34 sports to be held across three hosting areas in Guangdong province and Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, the 2025 National Games will help experiment with new solutions for co-organizing mass-scale events collectively, integrate tourism resources across the region and boost emotional ties between the mainland and Hong Kong as well as Macao, according to the organizing committee of the 15th National Games.

An innovative plan of hosting a cross-border road cycling race along a route connecting the three hosting locations on one day will set a perfect example for the National Games' legacy for pushing integration of the Greater Bay Area fast ahead, said Tong Lixin, a vice-president of the organizing committee.