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Bay Area establishes the South China Sea, and the tide is new.

  Under the personal planning, deployment and promotion of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has surged. "One country, two systems, three customs territories, three currencies", the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the first of its kind in the world.

  On February 18, 2019, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" to provide fundamental guidance and target guidance for high-level planning and promotion of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

  Over the past five years, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have solidly promoted the "hard connection" of infrastructure, the "soft connection" of rules and systems, and the "heart-to-heart integration" of mutual benefit for people's livelihood. From "a blank piece of paper" to full of prosperity, the vision of "the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area becoming a strategic fulcrum for a new development pattern, a demonstration site for high-quality development, and a leader in Chinese-style modernization" is becoming a reality.

“Hard Connectivity”: The “Greater Bay Area on Track” is gradually taking shape

  On October 14, 2020, at the celebration meeting for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the General Secretary emphasized the need to "accelerate the construction of the intercity railway in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the efficient and convenient flow of personnel, goods and other elements, and enhance market integration level".

  As the skeleton and framework of the Greater Bay Area, the convenient and fast transportation network is the "hard foundation" for the coordinated development of the Bay Area.

On October 23, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and announced the official opening of the bridge.

  On October 23, 2018, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was officially opened. Since then, one bridge has connected three places, opening up the road transportation network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and setting a model for infrastructure interconnection in the Greater Bay Area.

  The track construction in the Greater Bay Area has achieved "three railways advancing simultaneously", with the "big development" of the national railway, the "big construction" of the intercity railway, and the "big leap" of the urban rail; the policies of "Australian trains going north" and "Hong Kong trains going north" have been officially implemented, and the Greater Bay Area The district's interconnection and integrated development have taken a key step; Gongbei Port, Hengqin Port and Qingmao Port have implemented the facilitation measures of "one queue, one inspection and one release", bringing customs clearance into a new era of "cross-border Zhuhai and Macao in 30 seconds" …

  If roads lead to people and people, businesses will prosper. The effectiveness of infrastructure interconnection in the Greater Bay Area has gradually emerged, laying a solid foundation for market integration.

“Soft connection”: innovation leads the integration of the three places

  General Secretary Xi Jinping requested that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should “center on the strategic positioning of building an international science and technology innovation center, strive to build a global science and technology innovation highland, and promote the development of emerging industries”, “promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain and talent chain”, and “form The aggregation effect of high-end scientific and technological innovation talents." In the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", the word "innovation" appears a total of 139 times.

On December 8, 2022, the Greater Bay Area Science Forum Bay Area Science and Technology Innovation Summit was held in Dongguan, Guangdong. Experts, scholars and representatives of science and technology innovation enterprises from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao provided suggestions and suggestions for building the world's top science and technology innovation bay area.

  Today, the Greater Bay Area has become one of the most important science and technology innovation centers in the world. As of the end of 2023, the number of valid invention patents in the Greater Bay Area is 672,000, which deeply supports the construction of the Greater Bay Area; a large number of scientific research centers such as the Spallation Neutron Source, Pengcheng Laboratory, and Guangzhou Laboratory have gathered many top-notch domestic and foreign researchers. Scientists, the influence of the Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center has increased significantly.

  Technological innovation is not only an important label for the Greater Bay Area, but also the core engine for realizing the "soft connection" of talent, finance and other rules among the three places.

  In the field of financial innovation, since the pilot of the "Cross-border Wealth Management Connect" business in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, investors from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have actively participated, and a total of 12.81 billion yuan in cross-border fund transfers have been handled; in terms of talent circulation, the Greater Bay Area has promoted financial Hong Kong and Macao professionals in many fields such as medical and health care enjoy the convenience of cross-border practice; in the field of rule docking, 183 "Bay Area Standards" in 32 fields give full play to the technical role of consensus on standards and continue to promote the convenience of various elements in the Greater Bay Area Flow and optimal configuration.

"Heart-to-Heart Fusion": Talents from the three places "go in both directions"

  As a vivid practice of Chinese-style modernization, the Greater Bay Area's construction of a high-quality living circle that is suitable for living, traveling and working has effectively promoted the "heart-to-heart integration" of the residents of the three places. The General Secretary hopes to "attract more young people from Hong Kong and Macao to come to the mainland to study, work and live. The wish to promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and in-depth integration among young people from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao” is gradually coming true.

On November 22, 2023, the 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Talent Recruitment Fair and the 27th National College Graduates Autumn Employment Dual Selection Fair were held at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center.

  Attracted by the development vision of the Greater Bay Area, more and more people from Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China are “going in both directions”. A series of convenient measures such as the "Bay Area Social Security Pass" have given people in the three places a stronger sense of connection.

  After the policy was introduced to allow Hong Kong and Macao residents to apply for public institutions in the Greater Bay Area (Mainland), a total of more than 1,500 Hong Kong and Macao residents applied. As of October 31, 2023, the Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory alone has incubated nearly 600 Hong Kong entrepreneurial teams.

  Today, in mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong and Macao residents and their migrant children can equally enjoy preschool education, compulsory education, high school education, and participate in the high school and college entrance examinations. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), a joint venture between the two places, has opened in September 2022 and is consistent with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in terms of academic standards, teacher level, and course quality.

  From the time he first left Beijing for an inspection after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he pointed out that "we hope that Guangdong will join hands with Hong Kong and Macao to build a more comprehensively competitive world-class city cluster", to presiding over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee for review in May 2018 "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", and then issued instructions and requirements for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area again during an inspection in Guangdong in April 2023. The construction of the Greater Bay Area has always embodies the General Secretary's sincere care.

  Today, the total economic volume of the Greater Bay Area has exceeded 13 trillion yuan, its comprehensive strength has been significantly enhanced, and it is accelerating towards the established goal of building a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster.

  After five years of transformation, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has become a perfect place and has a myriad of features.

  Director System丨Luo Hongbing Wei Quhu

  Producer丨Wang Jingdong

  Editor-in-Chief丨Li Xuan

  Editor丨Lu Yang

  Vision丨Chen Teng

  Proofreading | Meng Lizheng, Sun Jie, Song Chunyan, Li Yingzhuo, Lou Hao, Yan Tiantian

  Produced by China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV Network