Southern Finance Omnimedia Corp opened a Macao Reporter Office, Greater Bay Area (Hengqin) Live Broadcasting Room, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Data Center Hengqin Institute on Oct 20 in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone. 

Augmenting Hengqin and Guangdong-Macao cooperation, the Reporter Office and Live Broadcasting Room will present stories about the Greater Bay Area from a professional financial perspective. They will begin with a TV program titled Finance Hengqin and 100-episode documentary about innovative cases of Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation. 

Plaques mark openings of Southern Finance Omnimedia Corp facilities [Photo courtesy Southern Metropolis Daily]

The first Cross-Border Data Compliance Institute and High-end Consumption Institute data thinktanks are planned by the Hengqin Institute to foster innovation in the industrial, data management, and consumption sectors. 

Southern Finance Omnimedia also signed cooperation contracts with Huawei, Peking University Center for Hong Kong & Macao Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law, Sun Yat-sen University, and South China University of Technology. 

Guangzhou-based Southern Finance Omnimedia was founded in 2016 as the first such group in China. It has formed a media network covering newspaper, television, radio, and online websites. The group integrates premium finance and economics media resources and productive assets of Nanfang Media Group and Guangdong Radio & Television Station. 

Various communications media have opened offices in Hengqin. They are to intensify the integrated and innovative development of Hengqin and Macao, enhance international influence of the zone, and give Hengqin a stronger voice. Deng Hong of the Guangdong Province Information Office said a positive atmosphere for public opinion will help build Greater Bay Area and in-depth Guangdong-Macao cooperation.