China News Service, Shijiazhuang, January 21 (Reporter Li Xiaowei) The second meeting of the 13th Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province from the 20th to the 23rd.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy, and related topics have become the focus of attention of Hong Kong and Macao committee members and representatives of overseas Chinese.

On January 20, the second meeting of the 13th Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference opened.

Photo by China News Service reporter Zhai Yujia

　　The 2024 Hebei Provincial Government Work Report shows that in the past year, the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has taken on a new look. Hebei has joined hands with Beijing and Tianjin to build key industrial chains such as new energy and intelligent connected cars and robots, and introduced second- and third-level subsidiaries of central enterprises to achieve A historic breakthrough.

The province’s contract turnover for absorbing technology from Beijing and Tianjin increased by 101.1%.

It has jointly built 8 national regional medical centers with Beijing and Tianjin, and the three places have mutually recognized 71 qualifications, and the registration for medical treatment in other places in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has been completely cancelled.

　　"I have noticed that the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has improved people's livelihood and well-being." Yao Qiheng, a member of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC and a clinical professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said that in recent years, he has been paying attention to the traditional Chinese medicine industry in the Hebei and Beijing areas. He was deeply impressed by the combination of medical care industry and elderly care service industry, especially the joint construction of national regional medical centers between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and the integration of medical security.

　　Yao Qiheng believes that the coordinated development of medical care can become an eye-catching “business card” for the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

He suggested that Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei should improve mechanisms and conduct close exchanges in aspects such as hospital management, diagnosis and treatment technology, scientific research capabilities, and talent development, consolidate cooperation results, expand the scope of cooperation, and meet the needs of the public for medical services.

　　"The major strategy of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei has attracted a lot of attention in Hong Kong." Zhang Lixin, a member of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong who is engaged in the financial industry, said that through the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, Hebei is building new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, Robotics and other key industrial chains will be developed to cultivate a number of competitive enterprises.

As a practitioner in the financial industry in Hong Kong, I hope to play my role in promoting economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and Hebei and assisting the development of emerging industries in Hebei.

　　Sun Yan, a representative of overseas Chinese who is originally from Hebei and has long been engaged in promoting cultural, scientific, technological, economic and trade, and educational exchanges between France and China, said that the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is an "accelerator" for Hebei's development, and the results achieved not only make her "every time she comes back, "Full of surprises about the rapid and rapid development", which has also given Hebei greater exposure and attention internationally.

　　"At work, I personally feel that many Europeans are curious and interested in Hebei's traditional culture. We are also working hard to tell the story of Hebei in Europe, attract more science and technology economic and trade projects to settle in Hebei, and help the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei." Sun Yan said.

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