深圳前海、珠海橫琴以及廣州南沙三個地區作為粵港澳跨合作的先行區域，共同構成了國家“十二五規劃"中提及的三個粵港澳合作平臺。三地在地理位置上臨近，所承擔的區域發展功能將形成競爭與合作關係。如果從三地的開發背景、區位與發展空間、發展基礎、發展定位與產業規劃、發展制度安排等方面進行比較，可歸納出三地合作的重點方向。

Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha as the leading regions of cross-border cooperation, have constituted three cooperative platforms of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao together in the nation’s “the Twelfth Five-year Plan”. These three regions are close to each other geographically, and what kind of relationship will they have when they all have undertaken the function of regional development. This article makes comparisons from the perspective of their background, location and developing space, orientation and industry planning, institutional arrangement. It then puts forward some suggestions for priorities in future cooperation.