The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative (HKSAR) Government and the Guangdong Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve Management Bureau today (November 8) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Chinese White Dolphin Conservation Co-operation Platform to strengthen co-operation between Guangdong and Hong Kong in protecting Chinese White Dolphins (CWD) inhabiting the Pearl River Estuary.

     Witnessed by the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Mr Patrick Lai, and Deputy Director of the Forestry Administration of Guangdong Province Mr Wu Xiaomou, and others, the Assistant Director (Fisheries and Marine Conservation) of the AFCD, Dr Jim Chu, and the Director of the Guangdong Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Mr Zhang Chaoming, signed the MOU today at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Chinese White Dolphin conservation promotion event held in Zhuhai. 

     The MOU seeks to implement the recommendation of the joint promotion of integrated ecological conservation in the Greater Bay Area in the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Chinese White Dolphin Conservation Co-operation Platform, based in the North Lantau Marine Park established last year in the HKSAR and the adjacent Pearl River Estuary Chinese White Dolphin National Nature Reserve in Guangdong Province, enhances co-operation between the two places in the areas of ecological monitoring and research of CWD, management and surveillance of protected areas, and marine conservation education, marking an important step forward in joint conservation of CWD.

Ends/Saturday, November 8, 2025
Issued at HKT 14:30

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