In early summer, the vegetation blooms.
Both sides of the Pearl River are full of vitality, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is booming.
On the satellite map of the world night view, this is one of the brightest areas.
In the territory of my country's reform and opening up, here is one of the regions with the highest degree of openness and the strongest economic vitality.
Guanlan in the Bay Area, feel the speed and passion; listen to the tide by the sea, feel the present and the future.
The "1 hour life circle" is basically formed-the Greater Bay Area on the track is accelerating, and the "four networks" of arterial railways, intercity railways, urban rail transit, and trams are "integrated", and the high-speed road network spans the river and the sea, and the denser weaves .
Accelerated construction of major cooperation platforms-Shenzhen Qianhai, Zhuhai Hengqin, Guangzhou Nansha, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Loop, carrying the new tasks of reform and opening up, and shouldering the new mission of demonstration and innovation.
The vitality of technological innovation is bursting out-the influence of the International Science and Technology Innovation Center of the Greater Bay Area has been significantly enhanced. An innovation network featuring interconnection of technological facilities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, smooth technological elements, and integration of innovation chains has taken shape, a high-end technological innovation platform and a first-class scientific laboratory Accelerate the gathering.
"We must promote full opening with a broader vision, higher target requirements, and more powerful measures, accelerate the development of a higher-level open economy, accelerate the cultivation of new trade formats and models, actively participate in the construction of the'Belt and Road', and strengthen innovation Capability opening up and cooperation. We must seize the major opportunity of building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, join hands with Hong Kong and Macau to accelerate related work, and build a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster. "Building the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a party with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. The major decisions made by the central government based on the overall situation and the long-term are a major national strategy and a major historical opportunity.
With the “9+2” 11 cities clenched into a fist, the Greater Bay Area is deepening reforms and expanding opening up with greater boldness, and continues to write more “spring stories”.
Leading a blueprint for directional drawing
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is like a giant dragon across the night sky. Hong Kong double-decker buses shuttle between landmarks in the Greater Bay Area. Familiar cultural scenes such as Cantonese opera Huadan, plum blossom pile lion dance and other familiar cultural scenes complement each other... On the night of April 19, Guangzhou Haixinsha Above, 1,000 drones staged a brilliant light and shadow show in the rain.
Accompanied by dynamic music, the drone presents six shining characters of "Greater Bay Area Great Future" in the night sky, engraving confidence and blessings into the sky.
The Greater Bay Area, great opportunities, great articles; personally plan, personally deploy, and personally promote.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always been highly concerned, concerned, and concerned about the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Every step forward in the construction of the Greater Bay Area is inseparable from the general secretary's care and love. Every achievement made in the construction of the Greater Bay Area embodies the general secretary's long-term plan.
In December 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Guangdong for the first time after leaving Beijing for inspection after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
He pointed out that he hopes that Guangdong will join hands with Hong Kong and Macau to build a world-class city cluster with more comprehensive competitiveness.
On July 1, 2017, under the personal witness of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the National Development and Reform Commission and the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao jointly signed the "Framework Agreement on Deepening Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and Promoting the Construction of the Greater Bay Area" in Hong Kong. The construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was formally established. start up.
A few months later, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was included in the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area includes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and nine Pearl River Delta cities in Guangdong Province, with a total area of 56,000 square kilometers, a total population of approximately 70 million at the end of 2017, and an economic aggregate of approximately 10 trillion yuan in 2017.
Since the reform and opening up, especially after the return of Hong Kong and Macao to the motherland, the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has been continuously deepened and actualized. The economic strength and regional competitiveness of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have been significantly enhanced, and the basic conditions for building a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster have been established. .
Opportunities and challenges go hand in hand.
On the one hand, the Greater Bay Area needs to enhance its international competitiveness, achieve transformational development, innovative development, and solve outstanding problems in cooperative development; on the other hand, it needs to strengthen the endogenous power of economic growth, further accelerate the efficient and convenient flow of innovative elements, and get rid of resource and energy constraints.
On December 18, 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out at the Central Economic Work Conference that the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should be planned scientifically and the establishment of a coordination mechanism should be accelerated.
On May 10 and May 31, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over successive meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to deliberate on the planning outline.
On October 23, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Zhuhai and announced the official opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
When inspecting Guangdong, the general secretary emphasized that the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should be regarded as a major opportunity and a major issue for Guangdong’s reform and opening up, and it should be done well.
On February 18, 2019, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline" was officially released, which made a comprehensive plan for the strategic positioning, development goals, and spatial layout of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, involving the construction and foundation of an international science and technology innovation center. Facilities interconnection, modern industrial system construction, ecological environment protection, high-quality living circle construction and many other aspects.
If the net is in the key, it is methodical.
Under the care of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has entered a new stage of full implementation as a major national development strategy.
In October 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Guangdong for inspection.
He emphasized that it is necessary to resolutely implement the strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee, adhere to the new development concept, adhere to high-quality development, further emancipate the mind, boldly innovate, work hard, forge ahead, and promote reform and opening up from a higher starting point with greater courage. Promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote a higher level of opening to the outside world, promote the formation of a modern economic system, strengthen the construction of spiritual civilization, do a good job in the construction of ecological civilization, ensure and improve people's livelihood, and demonstrate new and greater achievements, and strive to build a society in an all-round way In the new journey of a modernist country, we will be at the forefront of the country and create new brilliance.
Keeping in mind the general secretary's Yin Yin entrustment, the development of the Greater Bay Area presses the fast forward button.
In 2020, the total economic volume of the Greater Bay Area will reach 11.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.4 trillion yuan over 2017; there will be 21 Fortune 500 companies, an increase of 4 over 2017; Guangdong has 53,000 national high-tech enterprises , An increase of nearly 20,000 from 2017.
After nearly four years of hard work, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has achieved remarkable results in phases, and has taken a solid step towards a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster.
The overall strength of the Greater Bay Area has been significantly enhanced, the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has become deeper and more extensive, and the people of the three places have a more substantial sense of gain, fully demonstrating the institutional advantages and vitality of "one country, two systems".
"In one sentence, the three places are speeding up the realization of hard connectivity, soft connectivity, smart connectivity, enterprise connectivity, and heart connectivity.” said Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong Province.
Integration into the overall situation, integration and intercommunication
At the Guangzhou Library, "Guangzhou in the Bay Area Times" photo exhibition, two old photos seem to be a footnote to the past and present of the Greater Bay Area.
In 1985, Zhuhai flower farmers took a boat to Macau to sell flowers every morning.
In the photo, a mainland woman holding a bamboo basket wears short hair and dresses plainly.
In 1993, Shunde, Guangdong.
The caption reads: "In the early morning at Jiujiang Wharf, the pond fish were shipped to Hong Kong and Macau on the same day. According to the custom of Cantonese cuisine, it must be kept fresh after arrival."
Water and milk blend, lips and teeth depend on each other.
"For Hong Kong and Macau,'one country, two systems' is the biggest advantage, and national reform and opening up is the biggest stage. The implementation of national strategies such as the joint construction of the'Belt and Road' and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are new major opportunities." President Xi Jinping The secretary made long-term plans for the future development of Hong Kong and Macau.
The two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau have their own advantages and face development challenges.
Integrating into the overall situation of the country's development is the proper meaning of "one country, two systems", and it is also an objective requirement for Hong Kong and Macao to explore new development paths, open up new development spaces, and add new impetus to development.
"Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao have the same culture and close affinity. Over the years, they have continuously deepened cooperation and achieved remarkable results in different fields, forming a multi-level and all-round cooperation pattern. With the full development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the three places The integration and coordinated development of Hong Kong are moving to a higher level. Looking to the future, Hong Kong will definitely seize the opportunity to take the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as the best entry point and actively integrate into the overall development of the country.” said Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region He Yicheng stated that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the most convenient channel and broadest platform for Macau to integrate into the overall development of the country. Macau will effectively implement the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline" and pragmatically promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area. .
One country, two systems, three customs areas, three currencies.
There is no precedent in the world. How can the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area create a new road?
"We must give full play to the comprehensive advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao within the framework of the'One Country, Two Systems' policy and the Basic Law, innovate systems and mechanisms, and promote the circulation of essential factors." General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the direction.
The major cooperation platform is an innovation "experimental field" and an important carrier for innovation.
Shenzhen Qianhai has braved the forefront of reform and opening up, focusing on cooperation with Hong Kong's modern service industry.
In the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, 43.2% of the land is sold to Hong Kong enterprises, and 11,400 Hong Kong-funded enterprises have been registered.
Major projects and platforms such as Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth DreamWorks, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Design and Creative Industry Park, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Center have attracted a large number of young people from Hong Kong and Macau to come here for entrepreneurship and development.
"The original intention of building the Hengqin New Area was to create conditions for the diversified development of Macao's industries." During the past 10 years, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Hengqin four times and focused on the development of Hengqin.
Nowadays, Hong Kong and Macao construction engineers can directly provide services to customers in Hengqin, and their qualifications are fully recognized; Hong Kong and Macao young people start businesses in Hengqin and can use the online platform to self-service taxes, "without running even once"; in Hengqin The court can even apply the laws of Macau to make judgments... The adjustment of rules, the reform of mechanisms, and the innovation of systems have realized the deep integration of Macau, Hengqin, and even the entire Greater Bay Area.
Huazhong Lianchuang Design Consultants (Hengqin) Co., Ltd. is the first design consulting agency in the Mainland jointly operated by professionals in the construction field of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau.
The general manager of the company, Yan Shu, said that Huazhong Lianchuang had actively participated in and promoted Zhuhai to pass relevant laws and regulations, and for the first time in the mainland in the form of local legislation, professional enterprises and professionals in the field of construction engineering in Hong Kong and Macau can directly provide services in the mainland. In less than a year, more than 100 Hong Kong and Macao construction engineers and dozens of Hong Kong and Macao professional enterprises have registered and practiced in Hengqin."
Opening up from a higher starting point
On May 6, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong-Macao investors received a "big gift package"-the long-awaited "Cross-border Wealth Management" pilot implementation rules are publicly requested for comments, and the financial opening of the Greater Bay Area is accelerating. period.
Landmark projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail were completed and opened to traffic. The Liantang/Xiangyuanwei Port and the New Hengqin Port were officially opened. Projects such as the Guangdong-Macao New Channel and Huanggang Port Reconstruction were accelerated. The Shenzhen Bay Port cargo inspection channel , Hengqin port realizes 24-hour customs clearance, innovatively implements the "cooperative inspection, one-time release" and "one-site two-inspection" model. Two-thirds of inbound and outbound passengers pass through customs through self-service, basically realizing queues for no more than 30 minutes.
Infrastructure “hard connectivity” and mechanism “soft connectivity” accelerate the convenient and efficient flow of personnel, goods, funds, information and other elements in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is “going on a higher starting point with greater courage” Promote reform and opening up".
The integration of rules, the docking of mechanisms, and the realization of institutional openness such as rules and standards are the key to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to take the lead in building a new higher-level open economic system.
The mangrove forests are full of lush foliage, and the curved Shenzhen River flows continuously.
Within an area of 3.89 square kilometers in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the Loop Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone came into being.
In the Shenzhen Park, a warehouse and logistics plant is being transformed into a new scientific research space in accordance with the requirements of the scientific research team, and the Hong Kong Park is also stepping up construction.
Shenzhen and Hong Kong coordinated and linked, explored and innovated, docked international high-standard scientific and technological innovation rules and systems, formulated a "joint policy package", and built a "basic research + technological research + achievement industrialization + technology finance + scientific and technological talents" full-process innovation ecological chain , To join hands to absorb world-class innovative talents and resources.
Up to now, 138 projects have been docked and landed in the cooperation zone, among which nearly 30 projects have Hong Kong and Macao backgrounds.
In the future, both parties will make every effort to build a world-class technological innovation hub.
Change the difference of the system into the benefit of the system, and actively explore "one thing three places, one policy three places, one regulation three places".
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has basically achieved the liberalization of service trade with Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong and Macao enterprises enjoy the same treatment for investing and doing business in the fields of law, accounting, construction, etc.; financial market interconnection is progressing in an orderly manner, and the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone is piloting free trade account business , “Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect”, cross-border mobile payment and other convenience measures were implemented; professional qualification recognition and standard connection scope continued to expand, unilateral recognition of doctors, teachers, tour guides and other 8 fields promoted mutual recognition, more than 2,000 Hong Kong and Macao Professionals have obtained the registered practice qualifications in the Mainland... The level of market integration in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has been significantly improved, and the cross-border flow of factors has become more convenient and efficient.
Innovation leads collaborative development
From the old lychee forest to today's highland of innovative talents, the "dark horse of innovation" in Songshan Lake High-tech Zone in Dongguan has attracted the attention of the world.
On the morning of April 22, the pre-launch zone (Songshan Lake Science City) of the Comprehensive National Science Center in the Greater Bay Area was fully launched, which will promote the construction of an international science and technology innovation center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from a higher starting point.
In the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline", "innovation" is a high-frequency word.
Whether the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area can compete with the world-class bay areas depends on innovation.
The key to innovation is talent.
Dongguan Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory is the first batch of provincial-level laboratories in Guangdong Province. In the early days of its establishment, the laboratory set up a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Interdisciplinary Science Center to recruit outstanding scientists and young researchers from around the world to promote academic exchanges.
Chen Dongmin, executive deputy director of the Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, said: “Researchers with different backgrounds in different disciplines can really realize technology sharing and stimulate more innovation motivation here.”
"Songshan Lake provides a good entrepreneurial environment and policy support for Cloud Whale, and backed by the unparalleled supply chain in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, entrepreneurs can focus on product development. In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, product iteration speed Faster and lower cost." said Zhang Junbin, general manager of Yunjing Intelligent Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
A sound industrial system and a complete industrial chain are the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have formed an industrial pattern of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries that complement each other and promote coordinated development.
Guangzhou has joined hands with Hong Kong and Macao to develop new industries such as biomedicine and artificial intelligence. More than 500 life, health and artificial intelligence companies have gathered in Nansha, Guangzhou; Shenzhen has precisely promoted 8 key industrial chains including artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, biomedicine, and new energy vehicles; Dongguan; Dongguan Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the mainstay, and the first batch of seven strategic emerging industrial bases; Foshan has 26 national characteristic industrial bases... The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is accelerating its development into a global technological innovation highland and An important source of emerging industries.
"Financial services, commerce, shipping and logistics are Hong Kong’s strengths. With Hong Kong’s advantages in international finance and trade, the '9+2' urban agglomeration can be further integrated and shared the resources of the Bay Area. All-round close cooperation." said Gao Peixuan, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the Yide Group.
Lingding ocean is full of blue waves, and the Pearl River Estuary is turbulent.
This piece of land that has witnessed the ups and downs of the nation and nation for a hundred years will also write a beautiful chapter of the story of the Bay Area, sharing the great glory of the prosperity and strength of the motherland.
The four major central cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, have a reasonable division of labor to form a joint force; Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing and other important node cities have developed dislocations and complemented each other.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is gathering the great waves of the times in the deep integration, and marching towards a brighter future.
People's Daily reporter Zhang Yi Wang Yao Ouyang Jie Luo Shanshan