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SZ-HK I&T Co-operation Zone as a Pivot: Driving HK-SZ Collaborations Forward
Figure 5 Hetao Shenzhen/Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone

Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone
Covering roughly 3.02 sq. km of land, including the Futian
Free Trade Zone and Huanggang Checkpoint area

Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone–Huanggang Checkpoint area
Shenzhen Innovation Approximately 1.67 sq. km, including Huanggang Checkpoint,
and Technology Zone– Futian Checkpoint and ancillary functions areas in its vicinity
Futian Free Trade Zone
Approximately 1.35 sq. km

Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation
and Technology Park
Covering roughly 0.87 sq. km of land

(See Figure 5), situated right at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border, In 2017, the governments of Hong Kong and Shenzhen signed the
will play a pivotal role in HK-SZ collaboration. The Co-operation “Memorandum of Understanding on Jointly Developing the Lok
Zone is divided into two sections: to the south of Shenzhen River Ma Chau Loop by Hong Kong and Shenzhen” to mark the start
is the Hong Kong park (i.e., the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation of their joint development of the Loop. As both a major strategic
and Technology Park ), covering an area of 0.87 sq. km at the platform for building the “Two Areas” and the only platform
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Lok Ma Chau Loop; to the north of the River is the Shenzhen park focused on technological innovation in the GBA, the Loop will have
(i.e., the Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone), taking up important implications for both HK-SZ co-operation and the
3.02 sq. km of land adjacent to the Lok Ma Chau Loop, including development of the GBA.
the Futian Free Trade Zone and Huanggang Checkpoint area.

16 That is the Area A of the Loop in the Co-operation Agreement on Joint Comprehensive Study of the Lok Ma Chau Loop signed by the governments of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in 2008.
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