The country's first collaborative legislation and regulations on urban rail transit have been implemented in Foshan and Guangzhou.

The country's first collaborative legislation and regulations on urban rail transit have been implemented in Foshan and Guangzhou——

Demonstration for building a “Greater Bay Area on Track”

　　Half a year after the implementation of the "Foshan Urban Rail Transit Management Regulations", the "Guangzhou Urban Rail Transit Management Regulations" also came into effect on January 1, 2024, marking the official completion of the first collaborative legislation project in Guangzhou, Foshan, and opening up the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University The first collaborative legislation on rail transit in the Bay Area.

　　Regional coordinated legislation is a new form of legislation that adapts to my country's regional coordinated development strategy. Two or more adjacent parallel legislative entities jointly determine legislative projects, build a relatively unified institutional norm and legal environment, and promote regional high quality. Integrated development. In March 2023, the first session of the 14th National People's Congress voted to adopt a decision on amending the Legislation Law, clearly giving the legal status and effectiveness of "regional coordinated legislation". Guangzhou City and Foshan City are geographically adjacent and have close exchanges. They have an obvious trend of urbanization and the conditions for collaborative legislation are relatively mature.

　　In 2009, Guangzhou and Foshan signed a cooperation agreement on urban integration. In April 2021, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committees of the People's Congresses of Guangzhou and Foshan took the lead in Guangdong Province to sign the "Cooperation Agreement on Strengthening Collaborative Legislation between the Two Cities", which includes the establishment, research, modification, review, implementation, and interpretation of legislative collaborative projects. , cleaning and other entire processes. The two sides communicate closely, solve problems, share information, strengthen the construction of the legislative team, and jointly build a highland for the rule of law construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by holding joint meetings, participating in each other's legislative activities, information briefings, and visits and study visits.

　　The interconnected rail transit has become the forerunner of the urban integration development of Guangfo and Guangfo, and also laid the practical foundation for the coordinated legislation of Guangfo rail transit. Since the opening of the Guangfo Metro, the country's first cross-city subway, in November 2010, there have been three subway connections between Guangzhou and Foshan, basically covering the border area between the two cities. The average daily traffic volume is nearly 2 million, including round trips every day. There are 750,000 commuters between Guangzhou and Foshan, driving the rise of business districts along the cross-city subway lines. Rail transit has become the focus of Guangfo's first collaborative legislation. To this end, the two cities have established a collaborative legislative working mechanism to study the coordination of rail transit management models, administrative penalties, management and protection standards, and emergency mechanisms. After review and approval by the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, the "Foshan Urban Rail Transit Management Regulations" and the "Guangzhou Urban Rail Transit Management Regulations" will come into effect on July 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024.

　　"The Guangfo Rail Transit Collaborative Legislation highlights the standardization of rail transit construction, control and execution, and operational safety, breaking down regional, administrative, legal, market and other barriers, turning cross-city rail transit from 'regulating by sections' to ' "Organic integration' will provide legal guarantee for the development of rail transit in the two cities, and also explore ways for Guangzhou and Foshan to coordinate legislation in other fields." Hu Ti, director of the Standing Committee of Foshan Municipal People's Congress, said that the first phase of Foshan Metro Line 2 and Guangzhou Metro Line 7 The western extension of the Shunde section of the line has been opened in recent years. The Guangfo Metro connection has changed from a single line connection to a multi-line interconnection, moving towards the goal of "one network, one ticket, one city", constantly meeting the citizens' needs for better travel, and providing services to the entire Guangfo area. Integration of cities promotes "empowerment" in depth.

　　As the hub and node city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the total operating mileage of subways in Guangzhou and Foshan has exceeded 700 kilometers. The coordinated legislation of the two cities has important demonstration significance for the construction of the "Greater Bay Area on Track". In 2020, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intercity Railway Construction Plan" approved by the National Development and Reform Commission proposed to optimize the intercity rail transit network planning, build a modern comprehensive transportation system, and create a "Greater Bay Area on Rails." Guangzhou and Foshan are taking the coordinated legislation of rail transit as a new starting point, benchmarking against advanced cities around the world, comprehensively planning 18 subway connecting channels, "interconnecting the network, comprehensive integration", enhancing regional integration innovation synergy and competitiveness, and becoming a good big city A pioneer in coordinating legislation on rail transit in the Bay Area.

　　“The Greater Bay Area urgently needs to innovate and promote the connection of rules, mechanisms and laws among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, ensure the integrity, systematicness and coordination of development, promote the free flow and optimal allocation of resource elements, and build a high-quality life that is suitable for living, working and development. circle." Yu Jianhong, deputy director of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, said that Guangdong is closely following the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", intensively carrying out special research on collaborative legislation, coordinating the use of legislative resources at all levels, and continuing to promote collaboration in key areas Legislation, giving full play to the leading, promoting, standardizing and guaranteeing role of legislation, building a market-oriented, legalized and international business environment, co-construction and sharing, win-win cooperation, and promoting the "soft and hard connectivity" and high-quality coordinated development of the Greater Bay Area.

　　Reporter Jiang Xiaodan

　　"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (Page 04, February 6, 2024)