Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 11 -

Title: good wind to sail again - with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core concern of the CPC Central Committee before construction documentary sea Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone

  Xinhua News Agency reporter

  In the early autumn season, the land of Lingnan is flourishing and the sky is clear by the Shenzhen Bay.

  On September 6, 2021, the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Reform and Opening-up Plan for Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council was released. .

  The development and construction of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is an important measure to support the economic and social development of Hong Kong, enhance the level of cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and build a new pattern of opening up. It is important for promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and supporting Shenzhen's construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It is of great significance to pioneer the demonstration zone and enhance the centripetal force of Hong Kong compatriots to the motherland.

  Thousands of sails bring the wind and light together, furiously chasing the waves and the world wide.

  From planning and positioning to development and construction, from exploring paths to forming models...every step forward in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone is inseparable from the personal deployment and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

With the care and support of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the construction of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone has advanced by leaps and bounds, and has become the “source of innovation” under the framework of “one country, two systems”.

"Intensive cultivation, meticulous craftsmanship, one sample a year"-Three trips to Qianhai, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally directed the development of the cooperation zone

  Walking into the green Qianhai Stone Park, walking along the wave-marked passage to the end, a giant yellow wax stone resembling a "sail sail" shape comes into view, and the word "Qianhai" engraved on the stone is powerful.

This is the Qianhai Stone taken in Qianhai, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province on July 15, 2021.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

  Standing on the edge of the stone, looking far away.

  On one side is the high-speed along the Yangtze River that crosses the sea like a rainbow, and on the other side are scattered skyscrapers.

This is the Qianhai Cooperation Zone.

The total economic volume has reached the order of hundreds of billions and continues to increase; the first to implement the "separation of licenses and licenses" for enterprise registration, the registered capital subscription system, the global traceability and release of imported goods... 645 system innovations have been introduced, and 65 have been replicated and promoted throughout the country. item.

  From a muddy beach to a bustling city, Qianhai’s rapid changes have benefited from the foresight and direction of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core.

  The "fate" between General Secretary Xi Jinping and Qianhai began in 2010.

  On January 9 of this year, Comrade Xi Jinping, then a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the State, issued a comment on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation in the development of the Qianhai area.

On April 7, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed the "Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Framework Agreement" in Beijing. Comrade Xi Jinping attended the signing ceremony.

  On August 26, 2010, the State Council approved the "Overall Development Plan for Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone".

Since then, this new reclaimed area has its own name.

This is a corner of Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (taken on April 19, 2016, drone photo).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Xu

  The wind is blowing in southern Guangdong, and the tide is flowing into the Pearl River.

  In the years when the Qianhai Cooperation Zone grew out of nothing and developed vigorously, General Secretary Xi Jinping always missed this young "reform experiment field."

  On December 7, 2012, Comrade Xi Jinping left Beijing for the first time after serving as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and came here as the first stop.

  Next to Qianhaishi, General Secretary Xi Jinping issued a call for reform and opening up.

He sent a fond message to Qianhai: "Intensive cultivation, meticulous craftsmanship, every year, one piece of white paper, from scratch, to draw the most beautiful and best pictures."

Qianhai, Shenzhen, taken on April 12, 2016.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

  On October 24, 2018, on the occasion of China's 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again came to Qianhai.

In the past, the tidal flats were full of shadows, green grass, and tall buildings.

  In Qianhaishiqian, General Secretary Xi Jinping talked with the representatives of Qianhai builders and witnesses about the vicissitudes of life.

He said with deep feeling that the rapid development shows that Qianhai's model is feasible. A batch of reproducible and popularized experiences must be studied and promoted throughout the country.

  "Vitality"-On December 31, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping specifically mentioned Shenzhen Qianhai in his New Year's message and affirmed again.

This is Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone (photographed on May 15, 2018).

Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Qiu Genmao)

  On October 14, 2020, the 40th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was grandly held at the Qianhai International Conference Center.

This is the third time General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Qianhai in person.

  General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the Party Central Committee has high hopes for Shenzhen's reform, opening up, and innovative development.

Speaking of actively promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "the reform and opening up of the Qianhai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone must be deepened."

Scenery of the sea in front of Shenzhen (photographed on October 12, 2020).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

  Entrusted, eagerly expecting.

  The preparation of the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Reform and Opening Plan for Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" has received great attention from the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core.

  The "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan Outline" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council clearly stated: "Strengthen the role of the engine for the development of Qianhai cooperation. The overall development plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone will be revised in due course, and the development of Qianhai will be further expanded. Space, and implement Qianhai’s relevant support policies within the newly added scope."

  In August 2019, the “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Shenzhen’s Construction of a Pilot Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics” was released, calling for further deepening of the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, with institutional innovation as the core, and continuous improvement of The level of openness in Hong Kong and Macau.

  In February 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping submitted to the State Council after deliberation by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction Leading Group, the “Plan for Comprehensively Deepening the Reform and Opening-up of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone” for review. When the Deepening Reform Committee subscribes for approval, it once again made important instructions.

  In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee to study and deliberate plans.

At the meeting, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a clear request, emphasizing that the development of Qianhai is conducive to promoting the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and promoting Hong Kong's integration into the overall development of the country. It is also conducive to creating a new highland of reform and opening up and providing experience demonstrations for other regions in the country. .

  The rock beats the waves, the wind is hanging on the sails.

  Under the care and guidance of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone gave full play to the spirit of "dare to be the first in the world" of the people of the special zone, and achieved an amazing transformation of "one year after another".

Today, Qianhai is working hard to write a new chapter of struggle.

"Deepening Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation, relying on each other and complementing each other"——Practicing the instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Qianhai was born from Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation and prospered by Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation

  Adjacent to Hong Kong, a global financial center, is the natural advantage of Qianhai in deepening reform and opening up. It also means that Qianhai shoulders the mission of exploring and enriching the coordinated development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

  During the National Two Sessions in March 2014, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when participating in the deliberations of the Guangdong delegation that Qianhai should strengthen its relevance to Hong Kong's development, expand space for Hong Kong's development, and leverage on Hong Kong's structural optimization.

  In October 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping instructed during his inspection of Qianhai that Shenzhen should steadily promote the construction of Qianhai, come up with more pragmatic and innovative reform measures, explore more reproducible and extendable experiences, deepen cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and rely on each other. , Complement each other and play a greater role in jointly building the "Belt and Road", advancing the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and participating in high-level international cooperation.

  Intended teachings, like Huang Zhongda Lu, echoed in Qianhai for a long time.

  In order to deeply meet the needs of Hong Kong, Qianhai proposed to sell no less than one-third of the land to Hong Kong companies.

Up to now, Qianhai has transferred 19 cases of land to Hong Kong enterprises, covering an area of ​​39.55 hectares, accounting for about 40% of the newly supplied operational land.

  Qianhai took the lead in piloting the reform of the "two 15%" taxation system, tailored a group of modular buildings for Hong Kong companies, and insisted on creating a first-class legal environment, establishing Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint law firms, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area international arbitration The Center, Shenzhen Intellectual Property Court, etc., have introduced more than 110 innovations in the rule of law.

  Up to now, there have been 11,500 Hong Kong-funded enterprises registered in the Qianhai Cooperation Zone with a registered capital of RMB 1.28 trillion. The actual use of Hong Kong capital accounts for 92.4% of the actual use of foreign capital in Qianhai.

  The people who are in the policy are the ones who have the right to speak.

  "Post-80s" Hong Kong youth Yao Zhenbang once started his own business in the United States. In 2015, he came to Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth DreamWorks to start his own business.

"When I first arrived, the subway had not yet opened." He said that now there are 4 subways. Roads and buildings are being constructed rapidly, supporting facilities are getting better and better, and facilities are getting more and more convenient. The "Qianhai speed" is shocking.

This is the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Workshop in Qianhai, Shenzhen, taken on October 25, 2018.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

  Sky Society Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. founded by Yao Zhenbang provides life and health monitoring and work management IoT solutions for employees in coal mines, electric power and other industries.

"We have undertaken a subsea tunnel project in Shenzhen, and it is very important to win this order." Yao Zhenbang said that due to good operations, the company has received two rounds of financing.

  Go to Qianhai!

More and more Hong Kong people and enterprises have made the same choice as Yao Zhenbang.

Hong Kong youth Sun Shuping, who is engaged in human resources work, joined Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Management Institute Co., Ltd. in May this year. In the first month, she received employment applications from more than 10 Hong Kong youths.

  Up to now, Qianhai enterprises have attracted 3,652 Hong Kong talents. Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Workshop has incubated a total of 524 entrepreneurial teams, including 245 Hong Kong teams.

  "Qianhai has given many young people in Hong Kong a preliminary knowledge and understanding of the Mainland, and they have taken the first step towards employment and entrepreneurship in the Greater Bay Area." said Hong Weimin, chief liaison officer for Hong Kong affairs of Qianhai Administration.

  Born from the cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and prosperous because of the cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

  ——The continuous implementation of preferential port policies at all levels has brought strong reform momentum.

  National ministries and commissions issued opinions to support the innovation and development of Qianhai, Guangdong Province to delegate some provincial-level administrative powers, and Shenzhen to accelerate innovation pilot projects...

  In March 2018, Qianhai took the lead in landing Hong Kong and Macao residents to work in the area without the "Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Personnel Employment Permit", and enjoy citizenship in the payment and withdrawal of housing provident funds.

In the same year, the State Council decided to cancel employment permits for residents of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao in the Mainland nationwide.

  "This has opened up a convenient flow channel for Hong Kong and Macao people to come to Qianhai for innovation and entrepreneurship, attracting more and more Hong Kong people and Hong Kong companies to settle in Qianhai, and inspiring the vitality of the market economy in Qianhai." Artificial Intelligence Hong Kong Enterprise Simou Technology Co-founder and Co-founder and CEO Shen Xiaoyong said.

  ——The cooperation mechanism is becoming more and more diversified, and "Greater Bay Area Synergy" is bursting out.

  Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Construction Inter-ministerial Joint Conference System, Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Joint Conference, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Conference, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Joint Working Group...A series of cooperation mechanisms actively mobilize resources from various departments to ensure development and construction Work is carried out in an orderly and vigorous manner.

  "Qianhai is an important platform for cooperation and development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The SAR government has always attached great importance to cooperation with Qianhai." said Li Jiachao, Chief Secretary of Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

  Fang Zhouda, research director of Hong Kong's "One Country, Two Systems" Research Center, said that Qianhai focuses on the big picture and implements it in detail in cooperating with Hong Kong.

"It is necessary to deepen the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone"-to live up to the request of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Qianhai explores the way for reform and opening up, and starts again

  Promoting the development and opening up of Qianhai is a major national reform and opening-up initiative that General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, deployed, and personally promoted.

  "We must deepen the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone." General Secretary Xi Jinping's ardent entrustment has inspired this "special zone in the special zone" to continue to develop and move forward courageously.

This is Qianhai, Shenzhen (taken on October 10, 2016, UAV photo).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Siqian

  Standing on a new starting point, the stage is broader.

  The introduction of the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Reform and Opening-up Plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" has installed a stronger engine for Qianhai and opened up a new and magnificent future.

  According to the plan, the Qianhai Cooperation Zone will be expanded from 14.92 square kilometers to 120.56 square kilometers.

"The'expansion area' is not a simple expansion of the land space, but the superposition, optimization and promotion of reform advantages, development advantages, and industrial advantages." Ma Xingrui, Governor of Guangdong Province, said.

  “The cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen has created a unique twin-city story in the country’s over 40 years of reform and opening up, which fully embodies the mutually beneficial and win-win relationship required by Hong Kong’s contribution to the country.” said Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Qianhai The launch of the plan will help promote a higher level of Hong Kong-Shenzhen cooperation.

  Live up to your request and go all out.

  ——Do a good job in overall development and territorial and spatial planning.

  After the "expansion", Qianhai has the core development elements of the International Bay Area, such as an airport hub, a seaport hub, convention and exhibition business, and modern services.

The relevant person in charge of Qianhai Administration stated that Qianhaizheng, together with Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission, Planning and Natural Resources Bureau, is stepping up the preparation of a new round of overall development plan and territorial and spatial planning for Qianhai, so as to advance the cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong in a larger space. Promote new breakthroughs in comprehensively deepening reforms, focus on building a new pattern of comprehensive expansion and opening up, and jointly build a high-quality living circle with Hong Kong and Macao, and maximize the multi-factor superimposition effect of Xinqianhai.

  -Accelerate the reform and innovation of systems and mechanisms for scientific and technological development.

  The relevant person in charge of the Qianhai Administration said that according to the requirements of the plan, Qianhai will focus on the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao such as artificial intelligence, health care, financial technology, smart cities, the Internet of Things, and new energy materials, and vigorously develop new research and development institutions for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao cooperation. Innovate the scientific and technological cooperation management system, promote the interconnection of the innovation chains of Hong Kong, Macao and the Mainland, and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into technical standards.

  -Planning to launch more major reform measures.

  To study and strengthen the convergence with Hong Kong and Macao standards and regulations in the fields of transportation, communication, information, payment, etc., explore the establishment of a fair competition committee of the nature of the deliberative and coordinating agency, and implement a more open global talent attraction and management system... The plan is to create a comprehensive and deepening reform for Qianhai The innovation test platform drew a blueprint.

  -Promote a higher level of opening up.

  The plan points out to promote the cross-border integration and innovation of the supply chain, and establish a supply chain standard that is in line with international standards.

"Qianhai is at the forefront of reform and opening up, and its open policies and an environment for system innovation are needed for the long-term development of enterprises." said Li Xuyang, secretary of the board of directors of Shenzhen Oriental Jiasheng Supply Chain Co., Ltd.

  ——Promote deep integration in the field of people's livelihood.

  The plan proposes to build a youth education and training base in Hong Kong and Macau, and to support the agglomeration and development of medical institutions in Hong Kong and Macau.

Guo Yuehua, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that in terms of infrastructure and public supporting services, Qianhai will further create a working and living environment of "Hong Kong people, Hong Kong tastes, and Hong Kong life", and cooperate to introduce Hong Kong in the areas of commercial catering, medical education, etc. High-quality resources, respecting Hong Kong people's habits in terms of government services, public services, etc., provide service areas and special guidelines.

  "The plan implements the General Secretary's requirements for Qianhai to rely on Hong Kong, serve the Mainland, and face the world. Accurately grasping this positioning, withholding the two key points of'expansion' and'reform and opening' can better serve the overall situation of Hong Kong's work. , The overall development of the country." said Zheng Yongnian, Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies of Global and Contemporary China at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen).

  The vastness of the line is boundless, sailing but the trade wind.

  The comprehensive deepening of the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is a major deployment made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, focusing on enriching the practice of "One Country, Two Systems" in the new era.

  From the "Entrepreneurship Decade" into the "Golden Decade" of Qianhai Cooperation Zone, we will start from the refurbishment, strive to build a comprehensive deepening reform and innovation test platform for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and accelerate the construction of a high-level opening-up gateway hub. A wonderful picture of reform and opening up in the new era!

(Reporters Xu Jinpeng, Zhao Bo, Yu Jiaxin, Niu Qi, Wang Pan, Sun Fei, Su Xiao, Zhao Ruixi)