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- Shenzhen Investment Holdings Bay Area Development Company Limited (0737.HK), formerly Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited, is an investment holding company principally engaged in the development, operation, and management of toll expressways and bridges in the People's Republic of China; it operates through key segments including the Coastal Expressway (Shenzhen Section), Guangzhou-Shenzhen Superhighway (GS Superhighway), Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Superhighway (GZ West Superhighway), and Xintang Interchange, focusing on infrastructure projects, correlated services, and land development and utilization along the GS Superhighway within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The company manages major toll road assets such as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Superhighway, linking Guangzhou to the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border via 23 interchanges connected to Shenzhen Baoan Airport and Pearl River east coast expressways; the Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Superhighway; and the Guangshen Coastal Expressway, while advancing residential and commercial development at sites like Xintang Interchange and Grand Park City, where it launched two blocks for pre-sale in the first half of 2025 generating approximately RMB703 million in contract sales. Incorporated in the Cayman Islands in 2003 and headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, the company lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with counters 737 (HKD) and 80737 (RMB); it became controlled by Shenzhen Expressway Corporation Limited in January 2022 following a change in controlling shareholder, prompting its renaming. Recent developments include a January 2025 capital increase in GSZ Company, a joint venture with Guangdong Highway Construction (45%-55% ownership) to RMB7.3 billion for advancing the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway (Guangzhou-Shenzhen Section) reconstruction and expansion project; approval in June 2025 for the Shenzhen section expansion with an estimated RMB21.4 billion investment; and ongoing studies for integrated expansion and land development at Dongguan and Shenzhen interchanges including Machong, Chang'an, and Tongle, alongside construction deals announced in September 2025. The company, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Investment International Capital Holdings Infrastructure Co., Ltd., targets regional connectivity and urban development in the Greater Bay Area amid efforts to enhance cross-border flows of goods, services, and capital.