China News Service, Shanghai, November 29th (Li Shuzheng, Wang Ji, Xu Jing) Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation is an important part of the cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland, and it is also one of the main starting points for Hong Kong to integrate into the overall development of the country.
Where should the deepening of Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation be "placed"?
At the 2022 Shanghai-Hong Kong Cooperation and Development Symposium held on the 29th, many experts and scholars believed that the "double stars shining" in the field of technological innovation are the key to Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation.
As two important innovation cities in China, Shanghai is speeding up to become a technological innovation center with global influence, and Hong Kong is also actively promoting the construction of an international technological innovation center.
"Deepening Shanghai-Hong Kong scientific and technological innovation cooperation is not only the due intention of Shanghai and Hong Kong to serve the overall national development, but also the internal needs of Shanghai and Hong Kong to promote high-quality economic development." Wang Dezhong, president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said in his speech that day, The current international situation is complex and severe. Technological innovation has become the dominant force in reshaping the world pattern and creating people's future, and it has also become a major focus of global competition.
In the face of the international background, environment, and competition, it is even more necessary for Shanghai and Hong Kong to develop their strengths, work hand in hand, and strengthen in-depth, high-level cooperation in technological innovation.
In Wang Dezhong's view, Shanghai has a number of national-level innovation platforms, bringing together a large number of high-level innovative talents.
Hong Kong has a world-leading science and technology innovation environment, and can also allocate R&D resources and innovation elements on a global scale.
Wang Dezhong said that in the cooperation in the field of scientific and technological innovation, Shanghai and Hong Kong can give full play to their respective advantages, fully grasp the major opportunities such as the integration of the Yangtze River Delta and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, actively explore joint research on major scientific and technological projects, and internationalize scientific and technological patents. Multi-field and multi-level cooperation such as transactions and market transformation, innovative talent cultivation and exchange, technological finance and venture capital integration, etc., continuously enhance the intensity of cooperation, innovation concentration and high-quality development level, and better serve the construction of a new development pattern. Make greater contributions to promoting Chinese-style modernization.
At the seminar that day, "complementary" science and technology innovation in Shanghai and Hong Kong was also a high-frequency word.
"The complementary advantages of Shanghai and Hong Kong in science and technology is an opportunity for future cooperation." Yao Hai, director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, said that Hong Kong's technological innovation can break through through the mainland, open up the channel for innovation and industry, improve the industrial development chain, and release high-quality scientific and technological resources. Potential to accelerate the transformation of achievements of Hong Kong universities and scientific research institutions.
And Shanghai can also make full use of Hong Kong's internationalization advantages, as well as the role of "China's window" and the "bridgehead" of foreign capital, to achieve win-win cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong.
"Shanghai and Hong Kong already have good genes and foundations for technological innovation," Yuan Tao, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Shanghai Zhangjiang (Group) Co., Ltd., said on the same day. The two places should focus on Chinese-style modernization and continuously expand Shanghai-Hong Kong technology. Innovation cooperation.
In his view, Shanghai and Hong Kong have huge potential for deepening cooperation in terms of scientific foundation, source of scientific and technological innovation, scientific and technological talents, technological finance, and ecological innovation.
According to Chen Qiang, a professor of the Department of Management Science and Engineering at the School of Economics and Management of Tongji University, the linkage between Shanghai and Hong Kong is essentially to improve the overall efficiency of the national innovation system.
"Through the effective integration of elements, reshape China's economic structure, and finally form a systemic capability that can face the next 30 to 50 years and can dominate global industrial and technological competition." (End)