The number of Global 500 companies' headquarters in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area surpassed the New York Bay Area for the first time, the 21st Century Business Herald reported on Monday. With four new companies' joining in, China's Greater Bay Area became host to 25 Global 500 companies this year, outweighing the New York Bay Area with 24 Global 500 companies' headquarters.

《21世纪经济报道》8月9日报道称，在最近发布的2021财富世界500强企业名单中，粤港澳大湾区入围企业新增4家至25家，数量首次超越纽约湾区。纽约湾区共有24家企业入围。

The Tokyo Bay Area has 40 Global 500 headquarters, the most among the four global bay areas in the world.

2021年的世界500强企业中，有40家总部位于东京湾区，在四大湾区中遥遥领先。

The number of Global 500 companies was 10 in the San Francisco Bay Area.

此外，10家分布在旧金山湾区。

Finance, innovative technology and manufacturing are pillar industries in China's Greater Bay Area while automobile, petrochemical engineering and finance are those in the Tokyo Bay Area.

金融、创新科技、制造业是粤港澳大湾区的主要产业，汽车、石化工程、金融是东京湾区的主要产业。

China's Greater Bay Area covers the largest area of 56,000 square kilometers among the four global bay areas, followed by the New York Bay Area and San Francisco Bay Area with 21,500 and 18,000 square kilometers, respectively.

粤港澳大湾区总面积5.6万平方公里，在四大湾区中最大，排在之后的是纽约湾区(2.15万平方公里)和旧金山湾区(1.8万平方公里)。