The State Council has issued a circular and approved revoking the borders of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to promote integrated development of the region.

The circular urged South China’s Guangdong provincial government and Shenzhen authorities to carry out unified management of urban and rural areas of Shenzhen city, optimize the layout of urban functions, improve transportation infrastructure, intensify environmental protection, and enhance public services supply, while handling the revocation-related work.

Boundary administration between Hong Kong and Guangdong should be enhanced after revoking the management line, the circular said.