The "transcript" of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is dazzling (new weather and new actions)


　　On July 1, President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the sixth government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. National strategies such as the Fourth Five-Year Plan, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the high-quality development of the “Belt and Road” initiative.

　　Promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a major national strategy personally planned, deployed and promoted by President Xi Jinping.

After five years of construction, the construction of the Greater Bay Area has achieved remarkable results in stages, with significantly enhanced comprehensive strength, more in-depth and extensive cooperation, and a more fulfilling sense of gain for the people of the three regions, fully demonstrating the institutional advantages and vitality of "one country, two systems".

　　Innovation leads

　　Create a model of high-quality development

　　The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the place where China's reform and opening up took the lead, and it is one of the regions with the highest degree of openness and the strongest economic vitality in China.

After years of hard work, the construction of the Greater Bay Area has achieved remarkable results in stages, and solid progress has been made in the construction of world-class bay areas and world-class urban agglomerations.

While the comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced, the innovation capability and core competitiveness of the Greater Bay Area have also been continuously improved.

　　A group of exciting data shows that the "transcript" of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the past five years is outstanding.

In 2021, the total economic volume of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be about 12.6 trillion yuan, an increase of about 2.4 trillion yuan over 2017; 25 of the world's top 500 companies have entered the Greater Bay Area, an increase of 8 over 2017; the Greater Bay Area has more than 50 companies There are 1 "unicorn" enterprises, more than 1,000 industrial incubators and nearly 15,000 investment institutions; there are over 60,000 high-tech enterprises in Guangdong Province, most of which are located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, a net increase over 2017 More than 20,000... Today, this 56,000-square-kilometer land, covering a population of about 86 million, is showing unprecedented vitality. The economic development of the "9+2" cities has gone hand in hand, and the gratifying results have accumulated savings for the Greater Bay Area. Great energy for high-quality development.

　　"I now spend about 70% of my working time every day focusing on the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promoting exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area." Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, told reporters that Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area Mainland cities are highly complementary, and the "double-strength combination" can play an important role in national development.

"This kind of cooperation not only covers Hong Kong's traditional advantageous fields such as finance, trade, and shipping, but also enables greater breakthroughs in innovation and technology, education, etc." He said, for example, that Hong Kong has strong advantages in basic scientific research, but in scientific research There are shortcomings in the transformation of achievements and large-scale production.

In this regard, Guangdong has a well-established manufacturing chain.

To accelerate the gathering of scientific and technological innovation resources in Guangdong and Hong Kong, "while enhancing the overall scientific research capabilities of the Greater Bay Area, it also provides more space for the transformation of scientific research achievements in Hong Kong." Leung Chun-ying said.

　　A major cooperation platform has become an "experimental field" for innovation.

In September 2021, the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone" and the "Comprehensive Deepening of the Reform and Opening-up Plan for Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone" were released successively, giving Hengqin and Qianhai new major opportunities and major missions. .

Relying on the two cooperation zones of Qianhai and Hengqin, a regional innovation pattern with the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Guangzhou-Zhuhai-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Corridors as the backbone has taken shape initially.

The Guangzhou laboratory was launched, the Huizhou accelerator-driven transmutation device officially started construction, the "Pengcheng Cloud Brain II" major scientific facility was officially launched, and the spallation neutron source and other large scientific devices were running smoothly, serving more than 220 projects in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Scientific research and experiments, covering superconducting materials, new hydrogen storage materials and other fields; more than 500 life and health and artificial intelligence enterprises gather in Nansha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen to accurately promote 8 key industrial chains such as integrated circuits, biomedicine, and new energy vehicles, Foshan 26 national-level characteristic industrial bases have been built... The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is accelerating to become a global technological innovation highland and an important source of emerging industries.

According to the Global Innovation Index report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization, the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou Science and Technology Cluster" ranked second in the global innovation index for two consecutive years, surpassing the San Jose-San Francisco area where Silicon Valley is located.

　　"Soft" "hard" Unicom

　　Improve the level of market integration

　　"One country, two systems, three customs areas, and three currencies" to achieve cross-border collaborative innovation and promote regional in-depth cooperation is an unprecedented exploration.

Here, the state gives the most powerful policy support and the most relaxed institutional environment.

Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are actively promoting the connection of various rules, mechanisms, and infrastructure, improving the level of market integration, and striving to build a gateway hub for high-level opening up.

　　On Lingdingyang, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is winding.

Looking around the Greater Bay Area, the three-dimensional transportation network covering 11 cities and radiating the hinterland is becoming more and more dense.

The mileage of railways in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is nearly 2,500 kilometers, including 1,430 kilometers of high-speed rail and 975 kilometers of under construction.

With the continuous advancement of the construction of the "Greater Bay Area on Track", the "one-hour living circle" in the Greater Bay Area has basically been formed.

　　According to Jin Zepei, Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation Limited, the recently opened cross-sea section of the MTR East Rail Line not only facilitates the travel of Hong Kong citizens, but also provides a platform for the construction of Hong Kong's "Northern Metropolitan Area" and the interconnection of Guangdong-Hong Kong infrastructure. Solid traffic support.

"Now it only takes 44 minutes at the fastest to travel between the two core business districts of Shenzhen Luohu and Hong Kong Admiralty. We are also studying and planning a railway line from Hong Kong to Shenzhen Qianhai to support the development of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone. development," Jin Zepei said.

　　Lin Tianfu, chief executive of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, told reporters that Hong Kong Airport is building a new logistics park in Dongguan, Guangdong, to further consolidate the network in the Greater Bay Area and strengthen services.

"Export goods from the mainland can be pre-completed in the logistics park for air security inspection, packing, palletizing and receiving, and then seamlessly delivered to the sea-air intermodal freight terminal for direct transshipment overseas, and the air freight cost can be reduced by half."

　　The "hard connection" continues to accelerate, and the "soft connection" that connects the rules and mechanisms of the three regions is also deepening.

　　In the field of financial innovation, with the official launch of the "Cross-border Wealth Management Connect" business pilot project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area last September, as of the end of 2021, the "Cross-border Wealth Management Connect" business has handled a total of 5,855 fund transfers with an amount of 486 million yuan. More than 60 banks in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area participated in the pilot program, attracting 22,000 investors.

　　In terms of talent circulation, up to now, 402 Hong Kong and Macao doctors have obtained mainland doctor qualification certificates, and 707 Hong Kong and Macao lawyers have participated in the Greater Bay Area Bar Examination. Professionals from Hong Kong and Macao in each field enjoy the convenience of cross-border practice.

　　In terms of the integration of science and innovation, Guangdong has improved the management system for the use of provincial financial scientific research funds in transit to Hong Kong and Macao. Provincial and municipal governments at all levels have allocated funds of over 300 million yuan across borders, benefiting 11 universities and scientific research institutions in Hong Kong and Macao. Guangdong has cooperated with Hong Kong and Macao to build 20 joint experiments. More than 10,000 large-scale scientific instruments have been opened to Hong Kong and Macao.

　　In the field of rule docking, in January this year, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau announced the formulation of the first batch of 70 "Bay Area Standards" in 23 fields including food, Cantonese cuisine, traditional Chinese medicine, transportation, and elderly care. One standard, one test, one certification, and the Bay Area is the goal, and constantly promote the integration of various industries in the Greater Bay Area.

　　The "hard connection" of infrastructure and the "soft connection" of mechanism will speed up the convenient and efficient flow of people, goods, capital, information and other elements in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

With the unique advantage of connecting two markets and two resources, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is "promoting reform and opening up with greater courage and a higher starting point".

　　Livable and suitable for business

　　Accelerate the formation of a high-quality living circle

　　The convergence of rules and mechanisms in terms of trade, business environment, and vocational qualifications has made the Greater Bay Area a good place for Hong Kong and Macao people from all walks of life to live, start a business, and live.

　　In order to better enable young people from Hong Kong and Macao to work and start businesses in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangdong Province has completely cancelled the approval of employment permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents in the Mainland.

Up to now, more than 85,100 Hong Kong and Macao residents have been included in the employment registration management in Guangdong.

　　It is not uncommon for Hong Kong and Macao residents to serve as civil servants in mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area. In recent years, public institutions in the Greater Bay Area (Mainland) have openly recruited Hong Kong and Macao residents in batches. A total of more than 1,000 Hong Kong and Macao residents have applied for the exam. post.

Guangdong Province has also established a "1+12+N" Hong Kong and Macao youth innovation and entrepreneurship incubation base system, which has incubated more than 2,300 Hong Kong and Macao projects and absorbed more than 3,400 Hong Kong and Macao youth employment.

　　In terms of education, policies such as preschool education, compulsory education, and high school education have been implemented for Hong Kong and Macao residents and their accompanying children. In terms of housing, it is more convenient for Hong Kong and Macao residents to purchase houses in the Greater Bay Area without providing relevant certificates, which can be used as required. Hong Kong and Macau banks have cross-border mortgage purchases; in terms of medical and health care, the pilot implementation of the “Hong Kong and Macau Medicine and Equipment Link” allows qualified medical institutions in the Greater Bay Area to use drugs and medical devices that have been listed in Hong Kong and Macau; By the end of 2021, a total of 279,200 Hong Kong and Macao residents have participated in pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance in Guangdong; in terms of tax incentives, Guangdong Province has fully implemented the preferential policies for individual income tax in the Greater Bay Area. By the end of 2021, a total of The number of applicants accepted exceeds 20,000, and the amount of application for subsidies exceeds 5.5 billion yuan... Hong Kong and Macao residents have a stronger "sense of belonging" and full "sense of gain" in the development of the Greater Bay Area.

　　The "Bay Area Dreams" of innovation and entrepreneurship have taken root here.

Zhong Jinghua, who graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, opened companies in Hong Kong and Shenzhen in 2016, focusing on the combination of artificial intelligence and education.

She said that Shenzhen not only has a complete industrial chain, but also can face the vast mainland market. The government also has a lot of funding and support for start-up companies and high-tech talents.

"Last year, we helped 333 companies set up or expand their business in Hong Kong, of which 186 companies said they chose to invest in Hong Kong because they were optimistic about the development opportunities in the Greater Bay Area." The rapid development of the area is creating more and more opportunities for Hong Kong to attract foreign investment, and Hong Kong will certainly contribute to the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

　　The timing does not give up day and night, constantly advancing and changing.

In the world night view satellite map, from Guangzhou to Shenzhen and then to Hong Kong and Macau, the dazzling lights have been connected together.

This piece of land, which has witnessed the ups and downs of the nation and the nation for a century, will write a splendid chapter in the construction and development of the Greater Bay Area.

Embark on a new journey, forge ahead with high spirits, and take advantage of the momentum. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is striving for the goal of a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster!

　　Wang Lingxi Jin Chen