China News Agency, Guangzhou, January 28, title: The three major platforms for cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao plan to open a new situation of high-quality development

  China News Agency reporter Cheng Jingwei

  As the three major platforms for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation, how can Hengqin, Qianhai, and Nansha promote high-quality development in 2023?

The Guangdong Provincial High-quality Development Conference was held in Guangzhou on the 28th. Relevant persons in charge of the above-mentioned three major platforms spoke one after another, proposing their own new development plans and goals, and planning to open a new situation for high-quality development.

Hengqin: full sprint to close the customs operation

  Fu Yongge, member of the Hengqin Working Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the cooperation zone), said that over the past year, the cooperation zone has achieved "co-consultation and joint construction, diversified industries, and Qin-Macao integration". Preliminary results show that in 2022, the full-scale tax revenue will be 35.389 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), the number of Macao-funded enterprises in the region will reach 5,323, and the number of Macao residents who live and work will reach 6,909.

  According to reports, in 2023, the cooperation zone will fully sprint towards the goal of physical "closed customs operation" and building a financial "electronic fence" to promote the maximum "zero tariff" of goods and materials, and the flow of people, logistics, capital and information will be efficient. Easy flow.

Comprehensively build the software and hardware facilities of "sub-line management", and promote the implementation of customs supervision measures in cooperation zones and supporting tax policies for "sub-line management".

Accelerate the opening of the route from the Hengqin Financial Island Terminal to the Macau Inner Harbor, and promote the construction of the access bridge connecting the Hengqin campus of the University of Macau to the Hengqin Port.

  At the same time, we will make every effort to promote the overall completion of the "Macao New Neighborhood" project within this year, and strive to provide various Macao standard public services and social welfare at the same time; ensure that Macao students studying in the cooperation zone enjoy the same education as local students in Macao, such as tuition fees and textbook allowances Benefits.

Strive to use some of the medicines and medical devices already on the market in Macao in designated medical institutions in the cooperation zone.

Qianhai: Gather more Hong Kong people and enterprises

  Huang Xiaopeng, executive deputy director of the Qianhai Administration, said that Qianhai is expected to achieve a regional GDP of more than 185 billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of about 5.0%; the actual use of foreign capital is 5.864 billion US dollars.

  This year, Qianhai will solidly promote hard connectivity, soft connectivity, and heart connectivity, speed up the planning and construction of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway, and cooperate with the Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau to issue 16 measures for intellectual property rights to build a Shenzhen-Hong Kong youth dream workshop and an international talent port. and other entrepreneurship and employment platforms, gathering more Hong Kong people, Hong Kong enterprises, and Hong Kong institutions.

In addition, a new round of Qianhai's overall development plan and special policies on finance and transportation will be implemented as soon as possible.

  At present, the cross-border receipts and payments of Qianhai FT (free trade) accounts have reached 393.3 billion yuan, and 239 financial institutions have settled in Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Financial City, with Hong Kong and foreign capital accounting for 1/3.

Qianhai is improving the cross-border two-way capital pool and free trade account functions, and promoting the establishment of insurance service centers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Nansha: Efforts to run out of the "acceleration" of project construction

  Wu Yang, head of Nansha District, Guangzhou, said that in the past year, Nansha launched an upgraded industrial policy system with integrated systems and wide coverage.

On the one hand, 30 common core policies are proposed to support the development of enterprises throughout the life cycle. For example, subsidies for new R&D institutions up to 100 million yuan, rewards for enterprise settlement up to 30 million yuan, and up to 3 years of rent-free support for enterprises entering key agglomeration areas; On the one hand, 10 characteristic special policies have been accurately launched, and targeted policies and precise drip irrigation have been implemented in the fields of technological innovation, metaverse, offshore trade, and foreign businessmen.

  In the new year, the GDP of Nansha will strive to grow by 10% year-on-year.

Wu Yang said that he will speed up the development of Nansha into a high-quality and important source of power in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, vigorously implement the annual project construction action, the investment promotion action, and go all out to "recruit big and attract strong", increase investment, and make great efforts Projects, focus on large projects, and strive to run out of the "acceleration" of project construction.

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