Guangzhou, June 6 (Zhongxin Net) -- The signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation agreement between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Federation of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Alliance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was held in Guangzhou on June 2.
It is reported that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Federation of Guangdong Province and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Alliance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as joint think tank institutions registered in Guangdong and Hong Kong respectively, signed an agreement to strengthen strategic cooperation, aiming to establish and improve the cooperation mechanism, give play to their respective advantages, unite the talent team, pool research forces, and provide a platform for think tanks, experts and scholars in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and deepen research on the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
At the signing ceremony, Wong Yuen-shan, Head of the Policy Unit of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government, said that the strategic cooperation between the two think tank joint institutions will help think tank experts from the three places to carry out more exchanges and cooperation, strengthen information sharing, promote the output of high-quality research results, and provide suggestions for the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
Sun Yu, President of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Federation and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Jinan University, said that the signing of the agreement will be used as an opportunity to further promote the exchange and cooperation between think tanks in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to a new level and better serve the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
Experts and scholars from think tanks from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao attending the meeting unanimously said that it is necessary to give full play to the comprehensive advantages of the long-term convergence and coexistence of Chinese and Western cultures in the Greater Bay Area, base on the overall situation of promoting Chinese-style modernization and the development of the cause of "one country, two systems", closely focus on the major topic of promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the new stage under the new positioning of "one point and two places", continue to deepen theoretical and countermeasure research, actively provide suggestions and suggestions, and use academia to interpret the great practice of China and the construction of the Greater Bay Area in the new era, so as to promote the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area. Support Hong Kong and Macao to better integrate into the overall development of the country and provide intellectual support.
Heads of the Research Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government of Hong Kong, the Research Office of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government of Macao, the Propaganda Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, the Provincial Federation of Social Sciences, Jinan University and other units, more than 20 Hong Kong think tanks such as the One Country, Two Systems Research Center and the Unity Hong Kong Foundation, 6 Macao think tanks including the Idea Think Tank and the Macao Development Strategy Research Center, as well as 10 mainland think tanks including the Institute of Public Policy of South China University of Technology and the China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute attended the event.
On the same day, a thematic forum on "Promoting the Development of the Northern Metropolitan Area of Hong Kong and Accelerating the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" was also held simultaneously. Nine experts and scholars from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao focused on the major issues of the integrated development of Hong Kong's northern metropolis and the Greater Bay Area and made exchange speeches at the thematic forum. (End)