China News Service, Beijing, May 17 (Reporter Yang Chengchen) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said at the Boao Forum for Asia recently that the construction of a scientific and technological innovation center with global influence needs to "join the sea", and cities in the Greater Bay Area should play their own roles. Advantages, learn from each other's strengths.
The picture shows the Xiaopeng P7 production line in Zhaoqing Xiaopeng Automobile’s Intelligent Networking Technology Industrial Park on April 18.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Jun
All parties in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which gather top research institutions and scientific talents, are making suggestions for the construction of an international innovation and technology center.
How to "join the ship to go to sea", enhance the competitive advantage, and support the Greater Bay Area to become a global highland of science and technology?
——The state supports the creation of the “Greater Bay Area Model” of science and technology innovation
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the most innovative urban agglomerations in the world, and the development of science and technology in the region is highly concerned.
The central government strongly supports the development of scientific and technological innovation industries.
The National Development and Reform Commission has announced that it will set up a special investment fund within the central budget to directly invest in scientific and technological innovation, education, and infrastructure projects in the 9 cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Some insiders pointed out that this will inject a boost into the science and innovation ecosystem of the Greater Bay Area and help the science and innovation industry in the Greater Bay Area to complete the breakthrough of “from 0 to 1” and “from 1 to 100”, and create a technological innovation. The Greater Bay Area Model".
The picture shows the smart vision application results displayed in Huawei's Zhuhai Smart Vision Joint Innovation Center on April 16.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Jun
Establish a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint laboratory, cross-border use of financial research funds, launch income tax subsidies for foreign talents, and explore research and innovation cooperation models... Two years after the release of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline", the bottleneck has been eliminated and restrictions have been broken , The construction of the "International Science and Technology Innovation Center" in the Greater Bay Area continues to burst out innovative energy.
"Science and technology innovation and emerging industries are all capital and technology-intensive industries. Only in areas with very rich capital can there be development soil. The capital of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the most advantageous in the country, and it also has advantages in the world. Said Lin Yifu, honorary dean of the National Development Research Institute of Peking University and dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics.
——The radiation of central cities drives the industrial transformation of the Greater Bay Area
"The most unique advantage of the Greater Bay Area is'one country, two systems'." Carrie Lam once said that there is no city cluster in the world that is "one country, two systems, and three currencies."
At the same time, due to the lack of specific policies, ununified information exchange platforms and incomplete intermediary service systems in the past, the conversion rate of scientific and technological achievements needs to be improved.
How to break through the existing barriers and the transformation mechanism of innovative scientific and technological achievements will become a key issue.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration has vigorously developed strategic emerging industries, and the "Internet +" emerging businesses represented by digital economy, industrial Internet applications, and artificial intelligence have developed rapidly.
Especially since 2019, cities have actively integrated into the industrial division of the Greater Bay Area, which has promoted the development of high-end industries in the Greater Bay Area.
At present, the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary and the eastern and western regions of Guangdong have undertaken high-quality enterprises, technologies, projects, management and other resources, and have formed upstream and downstream cooperation relations with Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other central cities in the Bay Area.
Modern service industry cooperation zones such as Qianhai, Nansha and Hengqin have developed rapidly, and the radiation function of industrial services has been further strengthened.
The technology-intensive industries in central cities continue to increase the concentration of technology and capital, and promote the development of surrounding cities through the division of labor and cooperation in the industrial chain.
"Make good use of Hong Kong's financial services industry, Shenzhen's innovation, the Pearl River Delta's manufacturing industry, and the relationship between Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries to enhance the technological innovation capabilities of regional industries and develop new models of economic cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau." said He Houhua, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. This will promote the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area to a higher level and play a greater role.
The picture shows the Hong Kong young scientist Pan Honghui being interviewed by a reporter from China News Agency on April 17.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Jun
——Institutional innovation promotes optimization of the allocation of factors in the Greater Bay Area
From a start-up team of 12 people to more than 100 people now, from a 900-square-meter R&D laboratory to an innovative service platform of about 7,000 square meters, Hong Kong young scientist Pan Honghui spent 3 years in Zhongshan, Guangdong, and the company has won hundreds of companies at home and abroad. Recognized by biopharmaceutical customers.
Since 2019, more and more Hong Kong and Macau scientists like Dr. Pan have chosen to settle in the Greater Bay Area.
How to continue to improve the normalized mechanism of cooperation between the three places so that the flow of people, capital and data can be circulated?
In recent years, relevant explorations have made positive progress.
For example, Guangdong has fully implemented the preferential income tax policy for overseas high-end talents in the Greater Bay Area, and introduced nearly 9,000 innovative talents; Hong Kong will spend 2 billion Hong Kong dollars this year to launch the 5-year "Outstanding Creative Talents Program"; Macau will "vigorously promote science and technology" "Innovation and comprehensive construction of a smart city" is the focus of the administration of the SAR government.
Li Ruogu, president of the China Society for International Economic Relations, said that the construction of the Greater Bay Area cannot be separated from innovative ideas and courage. Policies must be coordinated, barriers to personnel information exchange must be broken, and taxation policies and laws must be unified. The advantages of the field are maximized.
"Entering the Greater Bay Area earlier, allowing enterprises to land here, will provide more convenience and more opportunities for future development of domestic and foreign markets." Pan Honghui called this in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently. (Finish)