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Guangzhou strives to enhance the core engine functions of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Gulf affairs revitalize "Dragon" to create "more Nansha"
In April 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out during his inspection of Guangdong that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will become a strategic fulcrum for the new development pattern, a demonstration site for high-quality development, and a leading place for Chinese-style modernization. At the same time, he hopes that Guangzhou will actively promote the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The construction of the Greater Bay Area will continue to play a leading and locomotive role in high-quality development.
The new strategic positioning of "one point, two places" has pointed out the way forward and injected strong impetus into the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The leader must explore new paths and take the lead; the locomotive must take the lead and shoulder important responsibilities.
In the face of opportunities, Guangzhou, as the core engine of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, always has the "biggest country" in mind, shouldering a new mission to strengthen Nansha, the key engine, to stimulate the surging momentum of the construction of the Greater Bay Area, and to make every effort to strengthen the Greater Bay Area region. Develop core engine functions and join hands with Hong Kong, Macao and other cities in the Bay Area to build an international first-class Bay Area and a world-class city cluster.
The planned projects are implemented and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation platform is being constructed with a series of major moves.
In the spring of 2023, the Lijian-1 Yao-2 launch vehicle will carry out final assembly and testing work at the Zhongke Aerospace Science and Technology Industrialization Base in Nansha, Guangzhou, making the final sprint for the base to be put into production. So far, in just one year, China Aerospace's "Lijian-1" carrier rocket has achieved three victories and successfully launched a total of 37 satellites.
The "Made in Guangzhou" rocket soared into the sky, reflecting the "acceleration" of Nansha's development and construction.
Entering 2024, Nansha is still making big moves——
On January 9, the National Development and Reform Commission and three other ministries and commissions issued the "Opinions on Supporting Guangzhou Nansha in Relaxing Market Access and Strengthening Regulatory System Reform" to support Nansha in making breakthroughs in market access and regulatory system reform, which will serve as a new platform for the Greater Bay Area and even the Greater Bay Area. Nationwide exploration.
On January 19, the "Regulations on Nansha Deepening Comprehensive Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Facing the World" was released, and Guangdong has strong legislative support for "Nansha affairs should be handled by Nansha."
Just three days later, Nansha's key projects in the first quarter were started and completed, with a total investment of 63 billion yuan in 56 key projects. At the beginning of spring, Nansha launched the first "eight measures to stabilize the economy" in the city to protect the development of enterprises.
Rockets take off, giant ships enter the sea, cars leave factories, and cold springs surge... Whether it is the strong support from the state or local governments, or the steady pace of development and construction of Nansha, as a "chess piece" in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, "Eye", the development and opening up of Nansha has led Guangzhou to take the lead in reform and opening up and write a major article in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Focusing on the positioning of "vanguard, leader, and locomotive", Guangzhou grasps the plan in hand, implements projects on the ground, integrates the future on the road, and keeps the people in mind.
When the plan becomes a reality - the master plan for the development of Nansha Science City is approved and implemented by the province, the first undergraduate enrollment plan of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) is successfully completed, and the southern group of the Pearl Science Park of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is delivered for use; when the project continues to advance - Nansha All People Projects such as the Cultural and Sports Complex, the Shenzhen-Maoming Railway, and the South-Zhuhai-Zhongshan Intercity are advancing steadily. The Hong Kong and Macao Resident Health Service Center provides homogeneous Hong Kong-style medical services to more and more "Bay Area residents". The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) also Welcome to the new academic year... "From the initial positioning, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) landed in Nansha, hoping that it would be like Stanford in Silicon Valley, cultivating high-end talents and empowering the high-quality development of Guangzhou and Nansha." Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) ) President Ni Mingxuan hopes that Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) can play a role in Guangzhou as Stanford plays in Silicon Valley. Today, this vision is becoming a reality step by step. Looking at Nansha, the concepts of "smart growth, exquisite urban areas, Lingnan characteristics, pastoral style, and Chinese style" gradually fall into planning, space and projects.
How to create “more Nansha”? Guangzhou proposed to plan a number of new key cooperation platforms, including actively seeking national support to plan and build a high-quality living circle in Panyu Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, supporting Yuexiu in building a life and health industry innovation zone in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and creating an international, The high-end Hong Kong and Macao youth mass entrepreneurship and innovation center plans to build a number of new industrial platforms that will lead the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area, such as the Guangzhou Maritime Silk Road City and the Eastern Center, allowing more major cooperation platforms to carry out the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's competition for world-class Bay Area Mission.
Innovation-driven industries collaborate with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to draw "concentric circles"
Science and technology are primary productive forces. In recent years, Guangzhou has given full play to its advantages in rich scientific and educational resources to better serve the construction of the Greater Bay Area's international science and technology innovation center.
Today, strategic scientific and technological strength has become an important symbol to measure a country's scientific and technological strength and comprehensive national strength. Looking at the land of Guangzhou, various laboratories and large scientific facilities are the "core" of Guangzhou's forging innovation sources.
Guangzhou has successively established major national innovation platforms such as the Guangzhou Laboratory and the National Technology Innovation Center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It has implemented the "Human Proteome Navigation" international large-scale science plan and promoted two large-scale scientific installations, the Cold Spring Ecosystem and the Human Cell Lineage. Substantial progress has been made in construction, the aviation tire large scientific equipment project has been completed, and 10 Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao joint laboratories have been laid out and constructed. Guangzhou’s major scientific research infrastructure and large-scale scientific research instruments are opened in an orderly manner to Hong Kong and Macao. The Guangzhou Supercomputing Center has opened the first dedicated network line in the country that connects supercomputing power directly to Hong Kong. It has served nearly 300 users in Hong Kong and Macao, linking Guangzhou supercomputing and Hong Kong science and technology. Creativity is closely connected.
Thanks to this "innovation rainforest", the efficient flow of innovation elements promotes the closer coordinated development of industries in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Adhering to industry first and manufacturing as a city, Guangzhou has joined hands with Hong Kong and Macao to build a modern industrial system. It has been approved to build an international consumption center city, open up high-level cross-border trade and investment, and expand the opening of the service industry. A series of pilot sites. The fourth phase of the Canton Fair Exhibition Hall was officially put into use, the Guangzhou Futures Exchange was listed for operation, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Commercial Bank and Insurance Service Center accelerated preparations, and the Greater Bay Area Cross-border Financial Management and Asset Management Center signed 21 projects with a total amount of more than 200 billion Yuan. GPHL's Qingzhou factory in Macau has achieved trial production, the construction of projects such as the Hong Kong Jockey Club Conghua Racecourse (Phase II) has been accelerated, and the construction of major platforms such as the Guangzhou-Sui-Hong Kong Intelligent Manufacturing Cooperation Zone, the Sui-Hong Kong Science and Technology Cooperation Park, and the Sui-Macao Innovation Park has been accelerated. Industrial cooperation between Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao continues to deepen.
Improving people's livelihood and well-being is the starting point and goal of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. As the "Greater Bay Area" as a whole appears more and more frequently, a high-quality living circle that is suitable for living, working and traveling is accelerating to take shape.
This year, Guangzhou implemented the "Five Les (Entertainment, Learning, Industry, Creation, and Living) Plan" in depth, built 55 innovation and entrepreneurship bases for Hong Kong and Macao youths, and settled more than 2,100 entrepreneurial projects in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, attracting More than 2,900 young people from Hong Kong and Macao are employed and starting businesses in Guangzhou; the Hong Kong and Macao Residents (Guangzhou) Health Service Center was unveiled to effectively solve the problems of Hong Kong and Macao residents participating in insurance in Guangzhou. A total of 40,000 Hong Kong and Macao residents participated in pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance in Guangzhou; building Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area Cultural Heritage Trail, and various cultural exchange activities such as the Maritime Silk Road Expo...
In January this year, when Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Joseph Chan Kwok-kee visited Guangzhou, he admitted that Hong Kong and Guangzhou are geographically close, closely related to each other and have the same culture. He looked forward to deepening cooperation with Guangzhou in the fields of science and technology, education, talent, culture and other fields. We will make full use of Hong Kong's advantages of being backed by the motherland and connected to the world, work together to create a high-quality living area that is suitable for living, working and traveling, and jointly build a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster.
China Unicom accelerates software and hardware connectivity to improve the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area
In order for the Greater Bay Area to burst out with greater vitality, it is even more necessary to "break the institutional walls", thereby promoting a significant improvement in the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area.
Infrastructure is a solid support for economic and social development and plays an important role in promoting the convenient exchange of personnel, reducing logistics costs and increasing efficiency, and optimizing the layout of industries. This year, the third phase of the expansion project of Baiyun International Airport was accelerated, and the basic engineering of the T3 terminal was completed, ranking first in the country in passenger throughput for four consecutive years; the Pazhou Hong Kong and Macau Passenger Terminal was put into operation, a new cross-border water channel was opened, and the Guangzhou Port deep-water channel The widening project, Nansha Port Phase IV automated terminal, Nansha International Cruise Home Port, etc. were put into use. Guangzhou Port’s cargo and container throughput ranked among the top in the world; Guangzhou Baiyun Station was completed and put into operation, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway, Nansha Port Railway, Suishen City Intercity and Guangqing Intercity Phase I were completed and opened. The "Hong Kong Cars Going North" and "Macao Cars Going North" policies have been implemented, allowing private cars from Hong Kong and Macao to travel to and from Guangdong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. This year, Guangdong will further make good use of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, optimize and improve "Hong Kong cars going north" and "Macau cars going north", and steadily promote "Guangdong cars going south".
The interconnection of rules and mechanisms is the basic condition for promoting efficient and convenient flow of factors and promoting market integration. This year, Guangzhou took the lead in implementing two batches of 72 lists of items that are in line with the rules of Hong Kong and Macao, and introduced 57 lists of overseas professional qualifications to facilitate practice recognition. The first Greater Bay Area lawyer in the country officially practiced in Guangzhou, and it was the first in mainland cities to formulate support for the independence of Hong Kong and Macao institutions. Guidelines for organizing exhibitions, the country’s first RCEP cross-border e-commerce special policy, comprehensive implementation of the simplified version of Hong Kong notarized documents, and optimization and upgrade of the “Cross-Border Pass” service platform for commercial registration.
Lu Kinneng, a Hong Kong architect who has worked in Guangzhou for more than 15 years, is one of the beneficiaries. As one of the first batch of Hong Kong and Macao talents to be awarded the title of "Full (Professor Level) Senior Engineer", he admitted that after years of exploration, the construction industry in the two places has improved. Cooperative development has gradually reached the "deep water zone" of institutional mechanisms. In order to seize the development opportunities of the Greater Bay Area, he also established the Greater Bay Area Studio, hoping to form a professional construction engineering consulting team with an international perspective and the ability to perfectly implement projects in the mainland. He suggested that Guangzhou explore systematic institutional innovation to solve the problems of standards and regulations in the engineering industry and further integrate with international standards.
In order to further deepen cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, create a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment, and enhance the market integration level and international competitiveness of the Greater Bay Area, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Building an International First-Class Business Environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" "Three-Year Action Plan" proposes that after three years of hard work, a business environment institutional system for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area that is connected with international rules will be basically established. The system and mechanism of extensive consultation, joint contribution and sharing will operate more smoothly, and market-oriented, legalized and internationalized operations will be implemented. The business environment has reached a world-class level, the ability to gather and allocate various resource elements on a global scale has been significantly enhanced, and the international competitiveness of the business environment ranks among the best in the world.
Guangzhou’s “high” degree
Implement more institutional opening to benchmark free trade ports
A new starting point and a new breakthrough. Next, Guangzhou will continue to use the city's efforts to promote the development and opening up of Nansha and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It will focus on the construction of Nansha's major strategic platform, fully promote the development and opening up of Nansha, and strive for the early completion of Nansha's overall development plan. With approval, more institutional opening will be implemented in line with the standard free trade port.
Focus on innovation-driven development, work together to build the Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, accelerate the construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure for human cell lineage and cold spring ecosystem, and promote the construction of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's mainland transfer and transformation headquarters base for scientific and technological achievements.
Focus on high-quality economic development, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with international competitiveness, promote the construction of Guangdong Core Phase III, BeiGene Phase IV, GAC Aian New Energy, Aviation Tire Science Center Phase III and other projects, and seize the commanding heights of industrial development .
Focus on "hard connectivity" of facilities and "soft connectivity" of mechanisms, gradually improve the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area, accelerate the construction of key projects such as the third phase expansion of Baiyun International Airport and the international general terminal of Nansha Port Area, and promote the development of Guangzhou East Station to Xintang Station Construction of the fifth and sixth lines has begun, and the "Bay Area Connect" project will be implemented in depth, and issues related to the integration of residents' "two certificates into one", financial data flow, and mutual recognition of intellectual property rights with the rules of Hong Kong and Macao will be explored to orderly promote the market integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction.
Focusing on the in-depth integration of people's livelihood fields, we will continue to create a high-quality living circle that is suitable for living, working and traveling. We will introduce and implement the "Wu Le Plan" version 2.0, explore the establishment of "Wu Le" employment stations in Hong Kong and Macao, and strive to include more medical institutions in the "Hong Kong and Macao Medical and Device Communication" "Pilot, high-standard planning and construction of a high-quality living circle in Panyu, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Focus on expanding in-depth economic connections, strengthen the linkage between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, accelerate the integration of Guangzhou and Foshan, continue to promote the integration of Guangzhou and Qinghai, deepen the coordinated linkage between Nansha and Hengqin, Qianhai, Hetao and other major platforms, and jointly create a "golden inner bay" , providing important support for the implementation of the new positioning of "one point, two places".
Experts' "high" recruitment
Zheng Yongnian, Chairman of the Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute and Dean of the Qianhai Institute of International Affairs of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
Promote the efficient flow of resources and create a common market in the Greater Bay Area
Zheng Yongnian said that realizing the new positioning of "one point, two places" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has put forward new requirements for promoting the in-depth integration of the Greater Bay Area market. To build an integrated market in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, we can learn from the European Union’s practices and experience in building a regional common market, and promote the efficient flow and development of resource elements within the region in six key areas: goods, services, capital, personnel, data, and technological innovation elements. Optimize configuration to release the productivity of the entire Greater Bay Area. However, he explained that to build a common market in the Greater Bay Area, it is not and is not necessary to copy the construction of the EU common market and create a customs union. Instead, the construction should focus on the free flow and optimal allocation of resource factors in the area.
Specifically, it is necessary to achieve efficient and convenient flow of goods, clear up the rules and obstacles that hinder convenient customs clearance in the three places, and gradually eliminate technical barriers that restrict the circulation of goods.
Achieve efficient and convenient flow of services and significantly reduce institutional barriers in cross-border provision, overseas consumption, commercial presence, movement of natural persons and other modes.
Achieve efficient and convenient movement of people, promote the connection of rules and mechanisms in cross-border people and vehicles, employment and entrepreneurship, social security and other fields. When conditions are ripe, explore the formation of a more free and convenient personnel entry and exit management system based on the unified identity of residents in the Greater Bay Area.
Achieve efficient and convenient flow of capital, focus on making it easier for enterprises and residents in the three places to enjoy cross-border financial services, and steadily promote the integration of the financial services market in the Greater Bay Area.
Realize efficient and convenient flow of data, form systems and mechanisms for safe and orderly cross-border circulation of data in the Greater Bay Area, and achieve high-level interconnection of cross-border digital trade infrastructure.
Realize the efficient and convenient flow of scientific and technological innovation elements, and form a mechanism for the efficient and convenient cross-border flow of scientific and technological innovation elements such as scientific research materials and instruments, personnel, funds and data.
Text/Guangzhou Daily All-Media Reporter Shen Hui