Northern Metropolis

[2] The development strategy is focused on connecting Hong Kong more closely with the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area.

[3] Chief Executive Carrie Lam stressed Hong Kong's integration with Shenzhen in particular.

[7] In July 2024, it was revealed that 80% of submissions from the public opposed the plan to build the Technopole due to construction on wetlands.

[8] In August 2023, Hong Kong Secretary of Technology and Innovation Sun Dong said that he had "suffered a lot of pressure" from New Territories rural leader Kenneth Lau, over Lau's insistence to integrate villages into the San Tin Technopole plan.

5The claimed province of Taiwan no longer have any internal division announced by Ministry of Civil Affairs of PRC, due to lack of actual jurisdiction.