Author(s)

Zhengmin Xu, Zehua Feng

Corresponding Author

Zehua Feng

Abstract

GHMGBA uses “smart” technology to focus on building smart government affairs and smart life platform, which is conducive to deepening the cooperation of the GHMGBA, promoting the construction of regional rule of law, and providing experience for the construction of smart city-regions in other bay areas at home and abroad. However, some legal obstacles restrict the construction of the data platform of the smart city-region of the GHMGBA, which are mainly reflected in the lack of legal basis and clear authorization of cross-border network cooperation, the restrictions of administrative division and government departmentalism, and the internet isolation imposed by the Mainland China to maintain national security. Therefore, the GHMGBA should explore the way of collaborative legislation under the central authority to connect the administrative network of GHMGBA, promote the soft law governance of data platform construction, learn from the ADR model and constantly improve the mediation system to deal with administrative disputes arising from the data platform.

Keywords

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Smart City-Region, Data Platform, The Rule of Law