Greater Bay Area University to be Built in Dongguan: What We Know Greater Bay Area University to be Built in Dongguan: What We Know May 28, 2021 Posted by China Briefing Written by Qian Zhou Reading Time: 4 minutes The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was released in 2019 and marked the official launch of the Greater Bay Area (the GBA). In keeping with the Plan, the central government agreed tentatively to build a high-quality, high-level GBA University to serve as China’s Stanford. Unlike other super clusters like Silicon Valley, which has the ivy league Stanford College, or the metropolitan area around Tokyo Bay, which has the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Tech, top-notch universities are missing in Guangdong, where the mainland GBA cities are located.