The third anniversary of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

  Three years after the signing of the Framework Agreement on Deepening Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation to Promote the Construction of the Greater Bay Area, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has strengthened its layout in the construction of cross-river passages, ports and shipping, and airport clusters. By continuously strengthening the construction of transportation infrastructure, it has created a modern comprehensive In the transportation system, a one-hour life circle was initially formed.

  Recently, the steel shell immersed tube of the first section of the submarine tunnel in the deep-sea passage of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area project successfully completed the accurate underwater connection with the artificial island, laying a foundation for the smooth progress of the entire project in the future. According to the plan, the Shenzhen-China corridor will be opened to traffic in 2024.

  Chen Weile, General Manager of Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co., Ltd.: The location of the Shenzhong Passage is the core area of ​​the entire Greater Bay Area. In the future, the vehicle will reach nearly 100,000 vehicles per day, which is a key passageway with a lot of traffic.

  In June this year, the Huangmaohai Channel connecting Zhuhai and Jiangmen officially started construction half a year in advance. At the same time, the first phase of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai rail extension line from Zhuhai City to Zhuhai Airport has passed the acceptance. This light rail line will be accepted in the future. It will seamlessly connect with Macau Light Rail. By then, together with the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail that is already in operation, the rail transit of Hong Kong and Macau will be integrated into the national high-speed rail network through Guangdong, and form a closed loop of the transportation network with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

  After the hard connection of transportation infrastructure, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have continued to innovate their systems in the past three years to break through the restrictions of the traffic policy.

  On March 18 this year, the Australian port area and related areas of the new Hengqin port have been officially transferred to the jurisdiction of Macao. The new port is expected to open within this year, and a convenient customs clearance mode of "cooperative inspection and one release" will be implemented.

  Yang Chuan, director of the Zhuhai Hengqin New District Management Committee: We have made further attempts to innovate on the system of customs clearance, and truly made passengers passing through the customs feel one inspection and one release. This is a new attempt by us to promote the convenient exchange of personnel between the two places and the integration of the three places of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and also provides corresponding experience and demonstration.

  In addition to the personnel, Zhuhai Hengqin has opened Macao license vehicles to enter and exit, Hengqin to Macau cross-border commuter bus line has also been opened, and the original approval of the Shenzhen and Hong Kong and Guangdong licenses of private cars through the four ports of Shenzhen, also You can pass the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge freely without adding any formalities. The one-hour life circle in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is taking shape.

  Macau Youth Huang Yin: My family lives in Macau. We set up our own company in Hengqin. Now we often drive from Macao to Hengqin to work, which is really convenient. In addition, we can also go to Hong Kong through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, because we have customers in Hong Kong, and we have really realized the rhythm of the one-hour life circle in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

  Through the construction of infrastructure and the optimization of traffic policies, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area "has a smooth flow of people and goods," which has laid the foundation for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to participate in international competition.

  As the nation's largest domestic trade container hub port, Guangzhou Port has a total of 117 foreign trade routes, reaching nearly 400 ports in more than 100 countries in the world. By strengthening the division of labor cooperation with ports in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Guangzhou has formed a comprehensive port logistics system with layers, division of labor and coordination in the Greater Bay Area.

  Song Xiaoming, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Port Group: During the epidemic this year, some of the previous goods were exported through Guangzhou Port, but a certain route skipped Guangzhou Port, and the goods still passed through Guangzhou Port and passed through the feeder line between us and Hong Kong. Hong Kong will embark on a big ship and then go international.

  In the future, the transportation infrastructure of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be further extended. The cross-river channel at the Pearl River Estuary is under construction. The Lion Ocean Channel is scheduled to start construction in 2021, and the preliminary work of the Lotus Mountain Channel is also being accelerated. In the near future, there will be 7 highway passages at the Pearl River Estuary. More convenient access policies are also being gradually introduced, including "one card" that can take the urban tracks of the Greater Bay Area is in the pipeline.

  Li Jing, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation: The Pearl River Delta region has strengthened hard connectivity with Hong Kong and Macao in the construction of transportation infrastructure, and strengthened the soft docking in the management system and mechanisms, gradually forming ports, shipping, and ports with complementary advantages and mutual benefits. As for the logistics service system, a convenient and efficient modern comprehensive transportation system within the Greater Bay Area is accelerating. Intranet links to transportation infrastructure have also strengthened the overall international competitiveness of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and continuously improved the level and quality of opening up.