This is a journey of discovery, but also a journey of cooperation.
On November 26, the "Foreign Business in Hong Kong's Cloud Visit to the Greater Bay Area" event co-sponsored by the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government was successfully held. The event attracted foreign business communities in Hong Kong to actively connect The broad investment platform of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area shares China's development opportunities.
"Opportunities for China's new round of reform and opening up", "Opportunities for high-quality construction in the Greater Bay Area", "Opportunities for foreign investors from cooperation platforms such as Qianhai, Nansha, Hengqin, etc." ... the most mentioned in exchanges and interactions It is the word "opportunity", which fully demonstrates the strong interest and eager anticipation of foreign business circles in Hong Kong in this hot land of the Greater Bay Area.
According to a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency, 58% of foreign-funded enterprises investing in Hong Kong in 2021 will set up their offices in Hong Kong based on the development prospects of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Behind the attractiveness of the Greater Bay Area is China's firm determination to deepen reform and opening up in an all-round way.
The Greater Bay Area is the first place in China's reform and opening up, and it is one of China's most open and economically vigorous regions.
From the implementation of financial opening measures such as "Cross-border Wealth Management", to the acceleration of the construction of major cooperation platforms such as Shenzhen Qianhai, Zhuhai Hengqin, Guangzhou Nansha, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Loop... A series of measures not only let foreign businessmen in Hong Kong see The courage to deepen reforms and expand opening up in the Greater Bay Area has made them fully aware that China’s determination to expand high-level opening up will not change, and its determination to share development opportunities with the world will not change, and promote economic globalization toward a more open, inclusive and inclusive way. The determination to develop in the direction of inclusiveness, balance and win-win will not change.
The attraction of the Greater Bay Area to foreign business communities in Hong Kong lies in the fact that China, which has entered a new stage of development, implemented new development concepts, and built a new development pattern, has continuously injected new impetus into the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
In the more than two years since the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan" was announced, major infrastructure projects have been completed one after another, and innovation and entrepreneurship platforms have taken root. Currently, many Fortune 500 companies are operating here, and international high-quality capital is here. collection.
In September this year, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone" and the "Plan for Comprehensively Deepening the Reform and Opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" were successively announced, which injected strong impetus into the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
At the same time, Hong Kong has a unique advantage for foreign business communities in Hong Kong to seize China's development opportunities.
"One country, two systems" is Hong Kong’s greatest advantage. Backed by the motherland and facing the world, Hong Kong has the advantages of a free port, a stable financial system, free capital flow, abundant human resources, and a good legal environment. In addition, the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University The construction of the Bay Area has provided Hong Kong with a broad space for development.
With the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the improvement of the SAR electoral system, Hong Kong has ushered in a new situation and a new outlook from chaos to governance, from governance to prosperity.
According to the 30th "Global Financial Center Index" report released in September this year, Hong Kong's overall ranking has returned to the third place in the world.
There are many opportunities in Hong Kong to develop the Greater Bay Area and even the big market of China.
Facing the new round of opening up and construction boom in the Greater Bay Area, many business enterprises have admitted that they hope to invest in the Greater Bay Area as soon as possible and share the development dividends.
The chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the chairman of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong all expressed their optimism about the future of the Greater Bay Area. They are happy to see Hong Kong benefiting from the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and that Hong Kong is more actively integrated into the overall development of the country.
The foreign business community in Hong Kong used to regard Hong Kong as their home, and in the future they will regard the Greater Bay Area as their home.
The Greater Bay Area and the big future. I believe that through this opportunity-filled "cloud visit" and in-depth exploration of the Greater Bay Area, foreign companies in Hong Kong can find unlimited opportunities and realize more possibilities in this vast hinterland.
(Jiang Lin)
"People's Daily" (Edition 04 on November 27, 2021)