China Singapore Finance, December 30 (Jixiang Cheng Zizhuo) Since this year, the high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has continued to advance in depth.
The Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone was fully implemented, and the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone was comprehensively deepened.
Several experts pointed out at the “Greater Bay Area High-Quality Development” Cloud Summit at the China Singapore Finance and Economics 2021 Annual Meeting on the 30th that the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area must adhere to innovation-driven, coordinated, open, and shared.
The "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline" has been implemented for nearly three years, and the development of the Greater Bay Area has achieved phased and significant results, and cooperation has become deeper and more extensive.
At the same time, how to turn "system differences" into "system benefits", and continue to move towards a highland of high-quality development, benefiting the people of the three places, has become the expectation of all walks of life.
Li Xiaobing, executive director of the Research Center for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Law of Nankai University, pointed out that under the overall situation of national development, the development strategies of Hong Kong and Macao Special Zones and the entire country must be deeply connected.
Ni Wai, an associate researcher at the Hong Kong and Macau Research Center of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that reviewing the entire process of Hong Kong's economic development and transformation, every successful transformation is closely related to the Mainland.
On the whole, the construction of the Greater Bay Area is another historic opportunity for Hong Kong's development.
Data map: On November 24, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Super Project—Shenzhong Passage Zhongshan Bridge’s first 490-ton steel box girder was installed, marking the start of the construction of the superstructure of the Zhongshan Bridge’s main bridge Into the fast lane.
Photo courtesy of Guangdong Transportation Group issued by China News Service
Talking about how to seize the historic opportunity, the guests at the meeting mentioned a key word "innovation".
Chen Guanghan, chief expert of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Development Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, believes that the core cities of the Greater Bay Area should focus on their leading role in innovation and build an innovative collaborative system.
He further explained that efforts should be focused on three aspects: The first is to focus on industries related to the new generation of information technology, including artificial intelligence, digital economy, software, and finance.
The second is green development and low-carbon development related industries, including new energy, new materials, and high-end equipment manufacturing industries.
The third is to focus on health and biomedicine industries to improve the quality of life of the people.
"Especially facing the environment of future high-tech competition, we must emphasize the endogenous nature of innovation." Ni Wai pointed out that we must pay attention to the construction of innovation sources, focusing on the construction of the National Science Center and large scientific installations in the Greater Bay Area, as well as joint construction and sharing. Mechanism to improve the entire basic research and development and breakthroughs in key technologies.
Based on the existing development foundation in the past, it is necessary to transform and upgrade from an industrial cluster to an innovation cluster.
The high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an integrated development that promotes each other's cities in the Greater Bay Area.
The essence of collaborative innovation has also been frequently mentioned by participating experts.
Zhang Yansheng, the chief researcher of the China International Economic Exchange Center, pointed out that innovation should be the first driving force, talents should be the first resources, and development should be the first priority.
It is necessary to narrow the gap between the Pearl River Delta and eastern, western and northern Guangdong, and eliminate relative poverty in the midst of high-quality transformation.
To achieve green development, including the construction of neighboring economy, neighboring industries, neighboring energy and neighboring society.
Data map: On the evening of April 19, a skydome light and shadow show composed of 1,000 drones was staged over Haixinsha in Guangzhou, depicting the "Greater Bay Area, the Great Future" in a technological way.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Jun
"The construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an overall '9+2'. With the two cooperation zones (Hengqin and Qianhai) plus the construction of the northern metropolitan area of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a new strategic pattern and development trend has been initially formed. These are undoubtedly Will bring us more room for imagination and development." Li Xiaobing said.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has both first-mover advantages and geographical advantages in the process of building a new development pattern in the country, which has increasingly attracted the attention of international investors.
So, how to become a global hub? In Zhang Yansheng’s view, we must focus on building a comprehensive hub for the new economy, such as a digital economy, a service economy, and a green economy, creating an open source of power, a new source of power for modern industries, and a new source of power for consumption. .
Guo Wanda, executive vice president of the China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute, also pointed out that we must attach importance to the construction of "three news", namely, new transportation, new technology, and new ports.
Through institutional opening, the rules and standards can be converted to each other, and various elements and resources can be gathered to play the pivotal role of the Greater Bay Area.
"For example, Qianhai is mainly to deepen reform and opening up, and to build a new hub for opening up." Chen Guanghan pointed out that Hengqin's two most important missions are to build a new platform for diversified development, and the other is to serve Macao residents. Provide a new space for life.
High-quality development brings vitality and quality of life.
Many experts at the conference also gave their imaginations about the bright future of the Greater Bay Area.
Chen Guanghan appreciates the concept of a high-quality living circle. He believes that the future Greater Bay Area should be built into a high-quality living circle with a developed economy, a harmonious society, a beautiful environment, an inclusive and open livable, suitable for business, and suitable for travel.
Guo Wanda also imagined the "Greater Bay Area in his mind". In his view, the future Greater Bay Area will be a diverse and vibrant urban agglomeration. Young people are willing to come, industries are vigorous, and technology is vigorous.
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