While nowhere in the world has escaped the economic fallout from the Covid-19 crisis, Macau has been hit harder than most, with forecasts for gross domestic product to shrink more than 50 percent this year. As a result, industry watchers predict that the government will step up its efforts to promote diversification, backing up its attempts at moral suasion with contractual teeth. In this focus edition of the magazine, we take a look at what a future Macau might look like and its place in China's Great Bay Area mega project thorough analysis of academics.