Hu Shuli, publisher of Caixin Media, speaks at the opening of the 12th Caixin Summit Greater Bay Area on Wednesday in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province. Photo: Caixin

Wang Qinmin, vice chairman of the 12th CPPCC National Committee and chairman of All-China General Chamber of Industry and Commerce, delivers an opening speech at the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Siddharth Chatterjee, the United Nations coordinator in China, attends the summit via video link on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Andrew Sheng, pro-chancellor of Bristol University and distinguished fellow at the University of Hong Kong’s Asia Global Institute, attends the summit online on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Jan Rudolph, consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guangdong, attends a panel discussion via video link on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Edmond Lau, deputy chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, speaks via video link at the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Irit Ben-Abba, Israeli ambassador to China, speaks at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China’s New Development Pattern plenary session on Wednesday via video link. Photo: Caixin

Guido Imbens, a Nobel laureate and professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks at the summit Wednesday via video link. Photo: Caixin

He Jie, director general of the Local Financial Regulatory Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, speaks at a plenary session of the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Tu Guangshao, chairman of the executive council of the Shanghai Finance Institute, delivers a speech Wednesday at the summit. Photo: Caixin

Yin Ye (right), CEO of BGI Group and vice chairman of the Board, BGI Genomics Co. Ltd., attends a discussion session hosted by Huang Shan, deputy managing editor of Caixin Media, on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Fred Hu, economist and founder of Primavera Capital Group, attends the summit Wednesday via video link. Photo: Caixin

Attendees participate in a panel discussion on wealth management at the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Participants discuss prospects of and paths to building an international science and technology innovation center Wednesday at the summit. Photo: Caixin

Wang Shi, honorary chairman and founder of Vanke Co. Ltd., attends the summit Wednesday via video link. Photo: Caixin

An attendee records Wang Shi’s speech at the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Wang Duan, chief of Caixin Media’s Hong Kong Bureau, hosts an online conference Wednesday for the summit’s Hong Kong — Singapore subvenue. Photo: Caixin

Zhang Lihui (right), vice president of Caixin Media, and Que Jingmin, assistant president of Caixin Media, look at a handbook of the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

Hu Shuli (left) and Yu Youjun (right), former Mayor of Shenzhen, walk in a hallway of the summit venue on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin

A view of the reception hall of the main venue of the summit on Wednesday. Photo: Caixin