China News Service, Guangzhou, February 18 (Reporter Wang Jian) February 18 coincides with the fifth anniversary of the release of the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area." The reporter learned from interviews over the past few days that the ecological and environmental protection cooperation mechanism between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao is improving day by day. Significant progress has been made in ecological and environmental protection, and a world-class beautiful bay area located on the coast of the South China Sea is gradually taking shape.
Nansha, Guangzhou is located in the geographical and geometric center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (data map). Photo courtesy of Guangzhou Nansha District Government
It is reported that in the past five years, the Greater Bay Area has transformed from focused rectification to systematic governance. Under the framework of "one country, two systems" and the mission of "one point, two places", Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have jointly established an environmental protection cooperation group to conduct research on hot ecological issues such as ambient air quality testing, climate change, cross-border river regulation, hazardous waste disposal, soil management and restoration, etc. Cooperate and communicate regularly.
Among them, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao jointly participate in the pan-Pearl River Delta regional ecological and environmental protection work, jointly improve the Pearl River Delta regional air monitoring network, jointly improve the regional biodiversity protection system, and promote coastal mangroves, Chinese white dolphins, black-faced herons and other characteristic wildlife Protection; forming a comprehensive water management system, and the cooperation system for water resources pollution prevention and control continues to deepen.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Ecological Environmental Protection Work Symposium held on August 19, 2023 once again emphasized the need to strengthen communication and exchanges between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, coordinate and establish a more complete, close, and pragmatic working mechanism, and open a new chapter in ecological and environmental protection cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. .
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are also simultaneously promoting ecological work and economic and social construction, using efficient market mechanisms to turn ecological advantages into green and low-carbon development advantages, and exert the effectiveness of domestic and international dual cycles. Among them, Guangdong and Hong Kong implement the "Cleaner Production Partnership Plan" and set up the "Cleaner Production Partner Logo" to commend hundreds of Hong Kong-funded enterprises; the construction of the Guangdong-Macao (Jiangmen) Industrial Cooperation Demonstration Zone is progressing in an orderly manner...
At the same time, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have also successfully explored a mutual recognition mechanism for carbon labels between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to promote low-carbon consumption in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and help products in the Greater Bay Area seize low-carbon opportunities in international competition.
In addition, the green financial reform and innovation in the Greater Bay Area continues to deepen, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Financial Alliance jointly established by Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macau was successfully unveiled in September 2020.
Over the past five years, the top-level design of the environmental protection cooperation work model has been continuously strengthened. A series of important documents such as the Cooperation Framework Agreement on Jointly Building a World-Class Beautiful Bay Area and the Environmental Protection Cooperation Arrangement between the Mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region have been signed and implemented. In particular, the preparation and implementation of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Ecological Environment Protection Plan" further clarifies the basic principles of "beautiful ecology, blue and clean, healthy and safe, green and low carbon, governance innovation, openness and sharing", differentiation and joint cooperation. ecological and environmental protection tasks.
In the past five years, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have jointly organized ecological civilization construction activities such as the Greater Bay Area World Environment Day Carnival and the Ecological Environment High-end Forum, and established cooperation platforms such as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Nature Education Alliance, Green Development Alliance, Environmental Protection Industry Alliance, and Ecological Greening City Alliance. .
Through unremitting efforts, the quality of the ecological environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has continued to improve, and the "ecological green" background for high-quality development has become more distinct. Xu Xiaoxia, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, said that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will innovate to promote the connection of rules and mechanisms in key areas and explore the introduction of a list of "Bay Area Standards" for ecological and environmental protection.
Xu Xiaoxia pointed out that next, Guangdong will benchmark against the goal requirements of the Beautiful China Pioneer Area, comprehensively deepen the ecological and environmental protection work in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and work together to promote greater progress in the construction of a world-class beautiful bay area. (over)